Peptide hormone with one or more o-glycans

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a peptide hormone with one or more O-glycans attached at specific amino acid residues as well as to formulations comprising the same.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a peptide hormone with one or more O-glycans attached at specific amino acid residues. The present invention also relates to formulations, in particular pharmaceutical formulations comprising these peptide hormones.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Peptide hormones, including neuropeptides and other biologically active peptides (here designated peptide hormones) are synthesized as precursor proteins that travel through the secretory pathway where they undergo limited proteolytic processing for activation (by e.g. proprotein convertases (PCs), carboxypeptidases, Corin)¹, C-terminal α-amidation² and a number of other PTMs like tyrosine sulfation³, N-terminal acetylation⁴ and serine phosphorylation⁵, during their biosynthesis and packaging into secretory vesicles, ready for secretion. Under appropriate physiological conditions, the mature peptide hormones are released from the cell, where they exert a multitude of functions regulating complex physiological processes. For this and other reasons, analogues of peptide hormones are emerging as major drug targets in neurological and metabolic disorders where they are tested as agonists or antagonists for their cognate receptors.

Once secreted most peptide hormones are prone to specific proteolytic degradation and have short half-lifes⁶⁻⁸, making them very difficult to isolate and characterize with respect to naturally occurring variants and PTMs. Recently, however, mass spectrometry based studies have identified peptide hormone PTMs like C-terminal amidation, N-terminal acetylation and serine phosphorylation.

Mucin-type (GalNAc-type) O-glycosylation (hereafter simply O-glycosylation) is an abundant PTM found on many proteins trafficking the secretory pathway, but the presence of O-glycans on peptide hormones have only been found in a few high-throughout mass spectrometry driven studies listed in large supplementary files⁹⁻¹². Just recently, glycosylation was described on insulin and calcitonin in more directed studies analysing pancreatic beta-cells and small cell lung cancer cell line, respectively^(13,14). O-glycosylation of proteins is a non-template driven PTM initiated in the Golgi where up to 20 polypeptide GalNAc-transferase (GalNAc-T) isoenzymes initiate the transfer of α-GalNAc to the hydroxyl group of Ser and Thr (and possibly Tyr) residues¹⁵. The large number of 20 GalNAc-T isoenzymes have different albeit partly overlapping substrate specificities and the enzymes are differentially expressed in cells and tissues, which leaves this type of protein glycosylation the only one with high degree of differential and potentially dynamic regulation in eukaryotic cells compared to other PTMs.

Our understanding of the biosynthesis and genetic regulation of O-glycosylation is incomplete, partly because there are seemingly no simple primary peptide sequence motifs that guide us to the functions of GalNAc-T isoenzymes and their contributions to O-glycosylation, and partly because of overlap in functions as well as interdependent sequential functions among the many isoenzymes. The first congenital deficiencies in GALNT genes demonstrate that despite this, individual GalNAc-Ts serve highly specific regulatory roles of important body functions including phosphate homeostasis and lipoprotein metabolism. These fundamental functions are directed by non-redundant site-specific O-glycosylation^(11,16-18).

Here, the present inventors used a novel strategy for exploring potential O-glycosylation of peptide hormones in mammalian neuronal and endocrine tissues as well as cerebrospinal fluid and plasma using sensitive mass spectrometry, and surprisingly identified wide occurrence of O-glycans on peptide hormones. The present inventors identified these O-glycans in the receptor ligand binding domains of mammalian native mature peptide hormones, and demonstrate that these O-glycans serve to modulate receptor signalling and peptide hormone stability.

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OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention relates to a peptide hormone comprising one or more O-linked glycans at specific sites. The modified, that means the O-linked glycan bearing peptide hormone has different and/or improved stability and/or pharmacokinetic properties.

It is an object of embodiments of the invention to provide methods for preparing peptide hormones, wherein one or more O-linked glycan are placed at predetermined sites. Yet another object of embodiments of the invention is to provide formulations, in particular pharmaceutical formulations, which comprise said peptide hormones.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Peptide hormones including neuropeptides and certain prohormones (here peptide hormones) encompass a large class of biologically active small peptides that have crucial biological functions. Peptide hormones are produced in a long preproform and undergo limited proteolytic cleavage to produce the final active peptides. Peptide hormones function as signaling molecules by binding to specific receptors and mediate intracellular signaling and stimuli. Peptide hormones can be classified into approximately 46 families where members undergo differential processing and give rise to approximately 279 known active peptide hormones. This invention relates to the identification of O-glycans in specific positions on proforms and mature active peptide hormones, and more specifically the presence of O-glycans in receptor-binding regions of peptide hormones that is demonstrated to modify the activity of such peptide hormones. The invention discloses multiple examples of such peptide hormones with O-glycans attached that have increased stability and lower bioactivity in receptor signaling and thus represent improved peptide hormone designs with altered drug effects.

This invention relates primarily to the Neuropeptide Y family (NPY, PPY and PYY), the Glucagon/Secretin family (GIP, Glucagon, GLP-1, GLP-2, PACAP, Secretin, Somatoliberin, PHM-27/PHV-42 and VIP), and the Natriuretic peptide family (ANP, BNP and CNP). Members of the neuropeptide Y family are well-known regulators of appetite and energy balance, and members of the Secretin family regulate glucose homeostasis (Glucagon, GLP-1, GLP-2, GIP), smooth muscle cell relaxation (VIP, PACAP), secretion of pancreatic juice (Secretin) and growth hormone release (Somatoliberin). Natriuretic peptides regulate the blood pressure through cardiorenal homeostasis.

It has been found by the present inventor(s) that 92 peptide hormones are O-glycosylated and it has been demonstrated for selected examples that the O-glycosylated proteoforms comprise a minor fraction of the total pool of the given peptide hormone in vivo.

As illustrative examples of this invention, the present inventors demonstrate that peptide hormones ANP, VIP, Secretin, GLP-1, Glucagon, NPY, PPY, PYY and Galanin with O-glycans in specific amino acid positions in the receptor-binding region require more than 28 fold higher concentrations in appropriate receptor stimulation assays to induce signaling compared to peptides without O-glycans. Furthermore, the present inventors demonstrate that the stability of peptide hormones ANP, VIP, Secretin, GLP-1, Glucagon, NPY, PYY and Galanin with O-glycans in specific amino acid positions is greater than the peptides without O-glycans in vitro using IDE/NEP/DPP-IV proteases as well as ex vivo using plasma and in vivo using rodent animal models.

Throughout the description, the term “peptide hormone species” is frequently used to refer to specific types of peptide hormones. For example, a peptide hormone with a given amino acid sequence may comprise more than one amino acid residue that serves as a site for O-linked glycan attachment. A peptide hormone with two such amino acid residues can have three different O-linked glycan patterns, because either one of the two or both amino acid residue may carry an O-linked glycan. As used herein, each pattern corresponds to one peptide hormone species.

It is generally challenging to use peptide hormones as therapeutic drugs due to their extremely short circulatory half-life and in some cases extreme potency.

So, in a first aspect the present invention relates to peptide hormones (or “peptide hormone species”) with different O-glycans attached at specific amino acids and the use of these to increase stability and circulatory half-life of drugs as well as to modulate the potency and receptor selectivity of peptide hormone drugs. These peptide hormones may have wide applications for the treatment of many common human diseases including hypertension, heart disease, metabolic syndromes and psychological disorders. In embodiments of the first aspect, the present invention relates to formulations, particularly pharmaceutical formulations, which comprise a peptide hormone, i.e. at least one molecule of a “peptide hormone species”, exhibiting a specific, determined glycosylation pattern of one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone, wherein specific, determined glycosylation pattern means that each molecule of said peptide hormone in said formulation, particularly in said pharmaceutical formulation, displays structural homogeneity with respect to the site of the glycan attachment and/or with respect to the glycan attachment. In further embodiments of the first aspect, the present invention relates also to mixtures of peptide hormones (“peptide hormone species”) as described above that are present in the formulations, particularly the pharmaceutical formulations according to the invention. A formulation mixture, particularly the pharmaceutical formulation mixture, comprises at least two or more, e.g., three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, or even more peptide hormones (“peptide hormone species”) exhibiting each a specific, determined glycosylation pattern of one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone, wherein specific, determined glycosylation pattern means that each molecule of said peptide hormones in said formulation, particularly in said pharmaceutical formulation, displays structural homogeneity with respect to the site of the glycan attachment and/or with respect to the glycan attachment.

In a second aspect the present invention relates to an isolated peptide hormone, such as recombinant, such as a peptide hormone comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region. In embodiments of the second aspect, the invention relates to the above mentioned formulations, particularly pharmaceutical formulations, and to mixtures of peptide hormones (“peptide hormone species”) as described above that are present in the formulations, particularly the pharmaceutical formulations according to the invention.

In a third aspect the present invention relates to a host cell comprising one or more glycosyltransferase genes that have been inactivated such that

-   -   a) Homogenous Tn (GalNAc) glycosylation is obtained         (COSMC/C1GALT1);     -   b) Homogenous T (Gal/GalNAc) glycosylation is obtained         (ST6GALNAC1-6/ST3GAL1/GCNT3/GCNT4/B3GNT6);     -   c) Homogenous ST or STn glycosylation is obtained         (GCNT3/GCNT4/B3GNT6).

It is to be understood that specific, determined and/or homogenous Tn (GalNAc) glycosylation may be obtained by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more genes selected from COSMC and C1GALT1; that homogenous T (Gal/GalNAc) glycosylation may be obtained by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more genes selected from GCNT3, GCNT4, B3GNT6, and that homogenous ST or STn glycosylation may be obtained by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more genes selected from ST6GALNAC1-6, ST3GAL1, GCNT3, GCNT4, B3GNT6.

In some embodiments, the host cell further comprising a gene encoding an exogenous peptide hormone, such as a peptide hormone according to the invention.

This combinatorial deconstruction of O-glycosylation pathways in cell lines is obtained using precise genetic engineering with Zinc Finger Nucleases or CRISPR/Cas9 to target specific glycosyl transferases in the mammalian O-glycan biosynthetic pathway (FIG. 1).

In a further aspect the present invention relates to a method for producing an isolated peptide hormone comprising one or more O-linked glycan(s) at a predetermined specific site(s), such as in the receptor-binding region, the method comprising; a) inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more glycosyltransferases, and/or endogenous activation or knock in of one or more glycosyltransferases, or any combination hereof in a host cell, and b) expression of said peptide hormone in said host cell. In some embodiments, one or more genes selected from COSMC, C1GALT1, GCNT3, GCNT4, B3GNT6, ST6GALNAC1-6, ST3GAL1 has been inactivated and/or downregulated.

In a further aspect the present invention relates to a method for the production of an isolated peptide hormone, such as a neuropeptide comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region, said method comprising a) providing a non-O-glycosylated peptide hormone; and b) treating said non-O-glycosylated synthetic peptide hormone with one or more recombinant purified glycosyl transferase, such as a GalNAc-transferase, such as GalNAc-T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, and/or T16, and/or a Galactosyl-transferases (C1GalT1) and/or a sialyl-transferases, such as ST6GalNAc1 and/or ST3Gall under conditions to add one or more specific O-linked glycan to said peptide hormone. In some embodiments, the non-O-glycosylated peptide hormone is provided as a chemically produced peptide hormone produced using solid phase peptide synthesis Fmoc SPPS. In some embodiments, the non-O-glycosylated peptide hormone is provided as a recombinantly produced peptide hormone, such as produced in a production cell line.

In a further aspect the present invention relates to a method for the production of an isolated peptide hormone, such as a neuropeptide comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region, said method comprising the building of said peptide hormone using solid phase peptide synthesis Fmoc SPPS including the use of glycosylated amino acids building blocks at said predetermined specific site(s).

In a further aspect of the present invention, formulations comprising at least one of the herein disclosed peptide hormones (“peptide hormone species”) are provided. As known to a person skilled in the art, formulation is a mixture comprising an active principle (in the present case at least one of the herein disclosed peptide hormones/“peptide hormone species”) and excipients at specific, defined amounts. A formulation is different from a mere solution of an active principle in a solvent, i.e. without any further excipient. Further, a pharmaceutical formulation usually comprises the active principle, for example at least one of the herein described peptide hormones/“peptide hormone species” in admixture with pharmaceutical excipients, which are known to a person of skill in the art (reference can be made to the European Pharmacopoeia, which may be considered as a representation of the common knowledge of the person of skill in the art). Therefore, in specific aspects of embodiments relating to formulations of the herein disclosed peptide hormones, the formulations of pharmaceutical formulations. Also, encompassed by this disclosure are formulations, particularly pharmaceutical formulations, which comprise a mixture of at least two of the herein disclosed peptide hormones (“peptide hormone species”) in specific, defined (i.e. predetermined) quantities.

In a further aspect the present invention relates to a method for the production of formulations, particularly pharmaceutical compostions, comprising at least one of the herein disclosed peptide hormones (“peptide hormone species”), or mixtures thereof.

LEGENDS TO THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 illustrates the biosynthetic pathways of Mucin-type O-glycosylation. The glycosylation process is initiated by the transfer of UDP-GalNAc to acceptor Ser/Thr/Tyr amino acid residues in the protein or peptide backbone by GalNAc-transferases (20 different isoforms). The O-glycan structure can be further elongated to up to 8 different core structures by a number of glycosyl-transferases. Only 4 core structures are illustrated here.

FIG. 2 illustrates the enrichment process and identification of glycosylated peptide hormones. A) Schematic workflow for analysis of O-glycosylated peptide hormones. The proteins of plasma, neuroendocrine cells (STC-1, N2a) and neuronal as well as endocrine tissues (Brain, Pancreas, Ileum, Heart, Prostate, Cerebellum) were extracted using up to three different extraction procedures pr. sample. Subsequently, The proteins were reduced, alkylated, digested with either trypsin, Glu-C or chymotrypsin followed by de-sialylation using neuraminidase. Glycopeptides were subjected to LWAC using either PNA, Jacalin or VVA lectins. Subsequently, fractionation using either isoelectric focusing or high pH-fractionation was performed before separation and sequencing of the glycopeptides on LC-MS/MS. The resulting O-glycoproteome was matched against the NeuroPeP database, and further realignment of the preproprotein glycopeptides was done against the homologous human proproteins annotated in the same database. B) Overlap of glycosylated peptide hormones or C) Proproteins identified and matched to the human preproproteins with previously published O-glycoproteins or O-glycopeptide hormones. D) The number of identified O-glycosylated peptide hormones in each sample analysed.

FIG. 3 illustrates the prevalence of O-glycosylation in peptide hormone families. Peptide hormones from NeuroPep database (279 peptide hormones) distributed across their respective gene families (46 peptide hormone families). Glycosylated peptide hormones identified in this study that have not previously been reported (red), glycosylated peptide hormones identified in this study and previously published (orange), peptide hormones not identified in this study but previously published (green), peptide hormones not identified in this study but predicted to be glycosylated by NetOGlyc 4.0 (yellow), peptide hormones not identified in this study and not predicted by NetOGlyc (grey).

FIG. 4 illustrates selected peptide hormone families and their identified O-glycosylation sites. Multiple sequence alignment analysis of the A) Secretin/Glucagon, B) Calcitonin, C) Insulin-like growth factor, D) Galanin, E) Neuropeptide Y family and F) Natriuretic peptides family with the identified, predicted and conserved O-glycosylation sites shown. Only the mature peptides are shown. Yellow boxes indicate identified glycosylation sites in this study, grey boxes indicate predicted glycosylation sites by NetOGlyc 4.0, and white boxes indicate conserved glycosylated residues. The sequence conservation of the mature peptides is shown below each peptide family. Dark grey: completely conserved sites; medium and light grey: less conserved sites; white: non-conserved sites. The peptide sequence shown in the alignments are A) secretin, B) calcitonin, C) insulin, D) galanin E) NPY and F) ANP.

FIG. 5 illustrates receptor activating capability of non-glycosylated and glycosylated peptide hormones. Secondary messenger accumulation assay for naked and Tn/T/ST-glycosylated peptide agonists for A) VPAC1, B) VPAC2, C) SCTR, D) GLP1R, E) GCGR, F & G) NPY1R, H-J) NPY2R, K&L) NPY4R, M&N) NPY5R. For VPAC1&2, GLP1R, GCGR and SCTR accumulation of cAMP was measured upon stimulation with increasing concentrations of the ligand whereas for NPY1R, NPY2R, NPY4R and NPY5R accumulation of IP-1 was measured upon stimulation with ligand after co-transfection with Gqo5. O) naked and ANP-19 and ANP-25 glycosylated variants receptor binding and activation measured as % cGMP generated.

FIG. 6 illustrates neprilysin (A) and insulin-degrading enzyme (B) proteolytic degradation of ANP and glycosylated proteoforms (monoglycosylated ANP-Ser19/Tn, ANP-Ser 25/Tn and double glycosylated ANP-Ser19+25/Tn in an time course from t=0 to t=24 hr monitored by MALDI-TOF analysis. Masses corresponding to intact peptide or glycopeptide are labelled “uncleaved” in green and indicated by arrows.

FIG. 7 illustrates Neprilysin, DPP-IV and IDE degradation pattern of non-glycosylated and glycosylated peptide hormones monitored by MALDI-TOF analysis. Peptides were incubated at 37 degrees in the presence of recombinant peptidase or 20% plasma. Aliquots were taken at 0, 15, 30, 60, 120 min for peptidase studies and 0 h, 1 h, 3 h, 6 h and 24 h for plasma studies and monitored by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. A) An illustrative example of peptidase digest with Neprilysin (NEP) on secretin and its glycoforms. The m/z of the degraded forms correlate with the N-terminal fragments shown in the sequence of secretin in panel B. B) Summary of cleavage sites and protection state of the glycans. a: DPPIV cleavage site, b: NEP cleavage site, c: plasma cleavage site. Nomenclature for protection: −: no protection, +: Partial protection, non-digested peak is present at least one timepoint after full degradation of the naked peptide has been observed. ++: full protection, no degradation products are observed within the timeframe of full degradation of the non-glycosylated peptide. In the example in panel A, partial protection is observed at the Tn form and the T form and full protection from the ST-form. *no protection in the N-terminus at the DPIV cleavage site, however, full protection was observed at C-terminal cleavage site already at the incorporation of Tn. C) summary of neprilysin, DPP-IV and plasma degradation assays. Nomenclature for protection: −: no protection, P: Partial protection, F: full protection, NT: Not tested, NC: No degradation of non-glycosylated peptide within timeframe. *Only the C-terminal inactivating cleavage of PYY is fully protected by glycans. The two N-terminal amino acids are removed and partial protected by only the ST-glycoform.

FIG. 8 illustrates a table summary of secondary messenger accumulation assay for naked and Tn/T/ST-glycosylated peptide for members of the glucagon- (VIP, GLP-1, Glucagon) and NPY (NPY, PYY)-families. For glucagon family members, cAMP accumulation was measured. For NPY family members, IP1-accumulation was measured. EC50-values are defined as concentration of peptide hormone needed to elicit 50% maximal response (Maximal achievable accumulation of either cAMP or IP1). The confidence interval is calculated from log-transformed data of at least 3 experiments.

FIG. 9 illustrates how natural o-glycans on ANP attenuate the acute renal and cardiovascular actions in vivo. A) schematic overview of the acute study protocol. B) Graph of changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) overtime during the 60 minutes infusion period with ANP, ST-ANP19 and ST-ANP25 and after the 30 minutes clearance period. C) Urine flow (UV) was calculated as urine volume clearance per min. Values are plotted in a bar-graph displaying volume (uL) urine produced per minute in the 60-minutes infusion period and after the 30 minutes clearance period D) Urinary sodium excretion (UNaV) was calculated as urine sodium clearance per minute and values for ANP, ST-ANP19 and ST-ANP25 are plotted in a scatter-plot. E) Plasma ANP was measured after 90 minutes using a radioimmuneassay and values in pg/mL was plotted for ANP, ST-ANP19 and ST-ANP25. F) Urine ANP was measured after 90 minutes using a radioimmuneassay and values in pg/mL was plotted for ANP, ST-ANP19 and ST-ANP25.

DETAILED DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

O-glycosylation is emerging as an important regulator of protein stability and function. In this study, for the first time, the present inventors identify protein O-glycosylation as a common post translational modification of peptide hormones, present a detailed comprehensive map of O-glycosylation sites and suggest a biological function of site-specific O-linked glycosylation on peptide hormones.

Peptide hormones are produced by cells of the endocrine, neuronal or neuroendocrine tissues and are secreted in response to stimulus to bind to their cognate receptors and regulate complex physiological processes like appetite, blood pressure and anxiety. During biosynthesis peptide hormones undergo a range of PTMs. Besides a common complex proprotein convertase activation¹⁹, peptide hormones can undergo C-terminal amidation, N-terminal acetylation, tyrosine sulfation and serine phosphorylation²⁰ that may change the biochemical properties of the peptides. Furthermore, peptide hormones circulate in minute amounts and are inherently prone to proteolytic degradation. Thus, as a result of their instable nature, low abundance and complex post translational modifications peptide hormones have been difficult to isolate and characterize.

Now with the advantage of sensitive mass spectrometry the present inventors explore the occurrence of O-glycans on peptide hormones and show that approximately one third of all classified (NeuroPeP) peptide hormones are O-glycosylated (FIG. 2B and table 6), report the specific sites and demonstrate that the majority of sites resides within important structural or functional regions of the mature peptide hormones (FIG. 4 and table 6). Tables 6A to 6D disclose specific embodiments of the present invention, and table 6E discloses all of the herein disclosed peptide hormones with the respective sequence identity numbers (SEQ ID NOs).

GalNAc O-glycosylation is an exceptional PTM in that there are 20 differentially expressed isoforms with partly overlapping specificities conducting the addition of the initial GalNAc residue to the protein backbone Ser/Thr/Tyr residues. This leaves ample room for regulating the addition of site-specific O-glycosylation and the findings presented here may have revealed a novel regulatory level in peptide hormone biosynthesis and function.

It is becoming increasingly clear that site-specific O-glycosylation fine-tune the biological function of proteins²¹⁻³². Previously the present inventors have demonstrated that O-glycosylation protects proproteins from PC processing^(24,33,34), that O-glycans increase the stability of GPCR N-termini³² and modulates ectodomain shedding²⁶ and most recently the present inventors have shown that loss of site-specific O-glycosylation impair ligand binding and uptake of the LDLR related receptor family^(35,36).

Here the present inventors demonstrate that O-glycosylation of VIP, Secretin, NPY, PYY and PPY in specific well conserved amino acid positions lowers receptor affinity and signalling, reducing EC50 more than 28-fold where the size of the glycan correlates with signal reduction (FIG. 5). Between the selected examples presented here, a similar effect was seen with ANP/NPRA, Secretin/SCTR, Glucagon/GCGR, GLP1/GLP1R, VIP/VPAC1, VIP/VPAC2, NPY/NPY1R, NPY/NPY2R, NPY/NPY4R, NPY/NPY5R, PYY/NPY1R, PYY/NPY2R, PYY/NPY4R and PYY/NPY5R.

Our data indicates that the presence of glycan structures somehow alters the interaction between peptide hormone ligand and cognate receptor. Well in line with these data, especially well-studied in the Neuropeptide Y family, it has been demonstrated that other bulky chemical modifications of amino acids in the receptor binding domain alter receptor sub-class selectivity of the ligand³⁷. Such a sub-class receptor selectivity was observed for Thr32-Tn modified NPY that retained activity at the NPY2R and NPY5R receptors with a 118-fold and 37-fold decrease in potency (FIGS. 5H&J), respectively, whereas activity at the NPY1R and NPY4R receptors was almost abolished in the assayed range (FIGS. 5F&L). Thus glycosylation of NPY changes NPY's receptor sub-class selectivity from NPY2R>NPY1R>NPY5R>NPY4R to NPY2R>NPY5R>>NPY1R>NPY4R (FIG. 8). Thr32PYY-Tn showed same retained activity at NPY2R and NPY5R with 61-fold and 37-fold reduction in potency, respectively (FIGS. 5I&K), but minimal activity at the NPY1R and NPY4R in the assayed range (FIGS. 5G&K). Thus glycosylation of PYY changes NPY's receptor-subtype selectivity from NPY1R>NPY2R>NPY5R>NPY4R to NPY2R>NPY5R>>NPY1R>NPY4R (FIG. 8).

Peptide hormones are inherently unstable and circulate only in minute amounts. Here, it is demonstrated that site-specific O-glycosylation on Secretin, VIP, Galanin, PYY, GLP-1 and ANP protects the peptide hormones from proteolytic degradation in vivo using a rat model, ex vivo using plasma degradation assays and in vitro using recombinant proteases (FIG. 6 & FIG. 7). Most prominent is the stability of the naturally occurring sialylated structures where e.g. Thr-32 ST-PYY remained partially in its biologically active form even after prolonged incubation time with plasma and Ser-23 ST-Galanin remained partially intact after overnight incubation with neprilysin. Even though the sialylated structures of VIP and PYY were also protected from DPP-IV degradation, the Tn-glycosylated structures were in some cases somewhat faster degraded compared to non-glycosylated, perhaps related to the unphysiological nature of the Tn structure that is primarily observed in cancer cells.

The Neuropeptide Y family members are ubiquitously expressed in the body and act as neurotransmitters to regulate a vast array of physiological processes via binding and signalling through the Gi coupled NPY receptors (YR1, YR2, YR4 or YR5).

The main function of GLP-1 is to increase insulin secretion, i.e. to act as an “incretin”, but it also inhibits gastrointestinal motility and function as a physiological regulator of appetite. Recently it was demonstrated that GLP-1, Oxyntomodullin and PYY in combination injected subcutaneously using a pump device into obese volunteers reduced their mean caloric intake with 32%³⁸.

ANP is classically released from secretory granules from the atria in a regulated fashion which makes it able to rapidly regulate hemodynamics in response to increased pressure. Glycosylated ANP was protected from degradation in vitro by IDE and NEP which suggest that glycosylated ANP may have increased half-life. The combined effects of glycosylated ANP, i.e decreased potency and increased stability, could render a positive effect in the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure and hypertension, where ANP and BNP are already introduced as infusion therapy³⁹⁻⁴¹.

Thus, there is a need to identify selective peptide hormone receptor agonists or antagonists with good biostability to pursue as potential therapeutic candidates for treating e.g. cardiovascular diseases, anxiety, depression, obesity, epilepsy, alcoholism.

Peptide based design of therapeutics is attractive in many ways since biological active peptides have the potential to regulate specific functions of GPCRs and ion-channels and in general in vivo based drug design is favourable due to lower toxicity and immunogenicity and higher selectivity and predictable in vivo behaviour. However, probing the function and efficacy of what was thought of as “naturally occurring” unmodified peptides have demonstrated low biostability and circulation time and therefore low efficacy^(42,43) and a number of strategies have been taken to chemically alter the biochemical properties of peptide hormones or synthetic analogues and improve these parameters⁴⁴. It is generally found that large N-glycans on proteins may enhance circulatory half-life, although mainly by increase of the size and hydrodynamic size of proteins. However, introduction of O-glycans into smaller peptides have also been used to enhance circulatory half-life especially when combined with the GlycoPegylation strategy⁴⁵. In one relevant example an O-glycosylation sequon was introduced in the C-terminus of the GLP-1 receptor antagonist Exendin (9-39) increasing functional half-life⁴⁶. Other studies have explored the chemical synthesis of peptide hormones with glycans⁴⁶⁻⁵², e.g. O-linked galactose on vasopressin, PYY and VIP, glucose on Leu-enkephalin and PYY, N-linked GlcNAc on GLP-1 and N-terminal chemical glycation of GIP, GLP-1(7-36) and Insulin. Interestingly all studies, except one describing O-linked galactose on Vasopressin, find, very much in line with what the present inventors show here for the naturally occurring O-GalNAc glycans, that the chemically modified glycosylated analogues are less or equally potent in in vitro receptor activation assays, yet these other studies demonstrate higher stability and potency in vivo.

Naturally occurring O-glycans positioned within the receptor-interaction region of peptide hormones have not been demonstrated previously, and we hypothesize that such naturally occurring glycans selectively affect function and biostability as our preliminary studies suggest.

The inventors of the present invention also identified O-glycosylation on the pro-part of peptide hormones. Here, sequestered from the bioactive part, the sugars might regulate PC processing and activation and furthermore coincidentally mask antibody binding epitopes^(9,24,53-56). One such well-studied example is proBNP which is synthesized in the ventricles of the failing heart and undergo limited proteolysis by PCs releasing the C-terminal peptide hormone BNP that regulate natriuresis and blood pressure. ProBNP is O-glycosylated in the N-terminal proprotein (NT-proBNP) close to the PC processing site and amino acid substitution experiments have validated that Thr71 protects proBNP from processing by Corin or Furin⁵³. The present inventors identified O-glycans on proBNP, POMC, Kininogen-1, Chromogranin A (Table 6). NT-proBNP is an important biomarker for heart failure and commercial immunoassays are being used in the clinic to quantify NT-proBNP in heart related diseases. However some variability among the assays have been noted and caution raised against O-glycans potentially masking antibody binding epitopes⁵⁷. As POMC⁵⁸, Kininogen-1⁵⁹ and chromogranin A⁶⁰ are also used as biomarkers it is particular important to note the degree of glycosylation identified in this study.

In summary the present inventors show that O-glycans in conserved residues in various peptide hormone families, are far more abundant than previously recognized, and that glycans change peptide hormone induced receptor activity and furthermore alter recognition by proteolytic enzymes that otherwise inactivate the peptide hormones.

EXAMPLES

The purpose of the following examples are given as an illustration of various embodiments of the invention and are thus not meant to limit the present invention in any way. Along with the present examples the methods described herein are presently representative of preferred embodiments, are exemplary, and are not intended as limitations on the scope of the invention. Changes therein and other uses which are encompassed within the spirit of the invention as defined by the scope of the claims will occur to those skilled in the art.

Biological samples were prepared as follows:

Tissue Extraction: Porcine brain, cerebellum, ileum and a pool of human prostate gland tissue⁶¹ was isolated according to standard protocols. Proteins were extracted by crushing the frozen tissue using a CryoPrep tissue extractor (Covaris, Woburn, Mass.), boiled in water for 20 minutes, and homogenized with an Ultra-Turrax (IKA, Staufen, Germany). For ileum tissue, instead of boiling in water, the tissue was homogenized and rotated at 4° C. for 4 hours in 0.18 M HCl/70% ethanol. After 30 minutes centrifugation at 13,000 g, the supernatants were collected and pooled, and protein concentration was determined by BCA assay (Pierce). Prostate gland samples were further processed as crude water extract, acetone precipitated extract and acetone precipitated extract after acidification. Brain and cerebellum extracts were either crude extracts or acetone precipitated extracts after acidification. For precipitation of insoluble proteins samples in water or adjusted to 0.5 M CH3COOH were added icecold acetone (67%), incubated for 1 h at −20° C., and centrifuged at 16.000 g for 30 min. Subsequently the supernatant was lyophilized and reconstituted in water.

Plasma extraction: Plasma for O-glycoproteomic analyses was collected and pooled from two healthy volunteers into EDTA-treated tubes (K2E K2EDTA Vacuette) followed by centrifugation at 5,000×g for 10 min and stored at −20° C. until use.

Both crude and low molecular weight fraction (LMWF) enriched plasma was subjected to the O-glycoproteome strategy. For LMWF enrichment a volume of plasma containing approximately 60 mg of protein (measured by BCA assay (Pierce)) was precipitated by adding two parts of 96% ethanol followed by incubation at RT for 30 min. Supernatant and pellet was separated by centrifugation at 10.000×g for 10 minutes, and the supernatant was lyophilized and resuspended in 0.05% rapigest. 50 mM sodium acetate buffer and desialylated with 0.1 U/mL neuraminidase (Clostridium perfringens neuramidase type VI, Sigma). The LMWF-enriched sample was further enriched for O-glycopeptides by capture on a short (300 ml contained in 1 ml syringe) PNA agarose column. Glycoproteins were eluted by heating the lectin (2×90° C., 10 min) with 0.05% RapiGest (as previous described¹¹). The LMWF-enriched plasma sample was 0.2 μm filtered prior to the glycoprotein enrichment. In parallel, 5 mg of total protein (as determined by BCA assay (Pierce)) from non-LMWF-enriched biofluid samples was desialylated by the same procedure as described above, before enzymatic degradation omitting the glycoprotein enrichment.

Cell protein extraction: Conditioned media cleared from dead cells and debris obtained from 2×T175 flasks cultured for 48-72 h were dialyzed, neuraminidase treated and enriched for glycoprotein as done for the the LMWF-enriched plasma. Total cell lysates (TCL) were obtained by washing a monolayer of cells in icecold PBS, scrabing off the cells and adding 2 ml 0.05% RapiGest to solubilize the cell pellet. The resulting homogenate was sonicated and cleared by centrifugation.

Mass Spectrometry Workflow

Enzyme digestion and desialylation: The extracted samples from the various neuronal and endocrine sources were adjusted to 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate, heated for 10 min at 80° C., followed by reduction with 5 mM dithiothreitol (DTT) (60° C., 30 min) and alkylation with 10 mM iodoacetamide (30 min, room temperature, kept dark). Subsequently, the samples were incubated with trypsin, Glu-C or chymotrypsin (Roche) (37° C., overnight, 1 μg enzyme pr 100 μg protein). The following day, the enzyme reaction was quenched and RapiGest, if present in the sample, was precipitated by acidifying with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). The solution was cleared by centrifugation (10,000×g, 10 min.) and peptides were purified on C18 Sep-Pak columns (Waters), and dried down using SpeedVac. If not already desialylated, the dried peptides were resuspended in 1 mL 50 mM Sodium acetate (pH 5.5) containing 0.1 U/mL Neuraminidase followed by incubation at 37° C. for 1 h, purified by Sep-Pak and dried down.

LWAC O-glycopeptide enrichment: Dried samples were reconstituted in 2 mL PNA/Jacalin/VVA buffer (PNA-binding buffer 10 mM HEPES (pH 7.4), 150 mM NaCl, 0.1 mM CaCl₂, and 0.01 mM MnCl₂; Jacalin-binding buffer 175 mM Tris (pH 7.5); VVA-binding buffer 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM CaCl₂/MgCl₂/MnCl₂/ZnCl₂, and 1 M urea), 0.45 μm filtered and injected onto a pre-equilibrated 2.6-m long column packed with lectin-bound (PNA, Jacalin or VVA, Vector Laboratories) agarose beads at a constant flow-rate of 0.1 mL/min. For VVA the column was first washed for 3×CV in 0.4 M glucose and then eluted with 2 CV 0.2 M GalNAc and 1×CV 0.4 M GalNAc. For PNA and Jacalin LWAC, the column was washed 2×CV in lectin-binding buffer, and then eluted with 2×1 column volume 0.5 M galactose and 1×1 column volume 1 M galactose, respectively. The elution fractions were concentrated and glycopeptides were purified using Stage tips and submitted for nLCMS/MS analysis.

nLC/MS/MS Analysis: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was performed on a system composed of an EASY-nLC 1000 (Thermo Fisher Scientific) interfaced via a nanoSpray Flex ion source to an LTQ-Orbitrap Velos pro hybrid spectrometer or Orbitrap Fusion Tribrid (Thermo Fisher Scientific), equipped for both higher energy collisional dissociation (HCD) and electron transfer dissociation (ETD) modes, enabling peptide sequence analysis without and with retention of glycan site-specific fragments, respectively. The nLC was operated in a one-column set up with an analytical column (20 cm length, 75 μm inner diameter) packed with C18 reverse phase material (1.9-μm particle size, ReproSil-Pur, Dr. Maisch). Each sample dissolved in 0.1% formic acid was injected onto the column and eluted in a gradient from 2 to 30% B in 105 min, from 30% to 100% B in 5 min and 100% B for 10 min at 200 nl min-1 (solvent A, 100% H₂O; solvent B, 100% acetonitrile; both containing 0.1% (v/v) formic acid). A data-dependent mass spectral acquisition routine, HCD triggering of subsequent ETD scan, was used for all runs. Briefly, a precursor MS1 scan (m/z 350-1,700) of intact peptides was acquired in the Orbitrap at a resolution setting of 30,000 (Velos Pro) or 120,000 (Fusion), followed by Orbitrap HCD-MS2 (m/z of 100-2,000) of the five most abundant multiply charged precursors in the MS1 spectrum; this event was followed up by an ETD-MS2 fragmentation for the same precursor ion. In cases where preliminary screening of fractions for glycopeptide enrichment was carried out prior to IEF, the ETD-MS2 step was omitted, and HCD-MS2 (m/z 100-2,000) of the five most abundant multiply charged precursors was acquired (“top five method”). These HCD-MS2 spectra were simply screened for the appearance of the HexNAc fragment at m/z 204.086.

Data analysis: The raw data were processed using Proteome Discoverer 1.4 software (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and searched against the human, porcine, mouse or rat-specific Uniprot database downloaded on January 2013. The Sequest HT search node was used for HCD and ETD data. In all cases the precursor mass tolerance was set to 15 p.p.m. and fragment ion mass tolerance to 20 millimass units (mmu). Carbamidomethylation on cysteine residues was used as a fixed modification. Methionine oxidation, C-terminal amidation (plasma and pancreas), and HexNAc or HexHexNAc attachment to serine, threonine or tyrosine were used as variable modifications. As an additional preprocessing procedure, all HCD data showing the presence of fragment ions at m/z 204.08 were extracted into a single .mgf file, and the exact mass of 1×, 2×, 3× and 4× HexNAc or HexHexNAc units was subtracted from the corresponding precursor ion mass, generating four distinct files. These preprocessed data files were submitted to a Sequest HT node under the same conditions mentioned above, except considering a HexNAc or HexHexNAc attachment. All spectra were searched against a decoy database using a target false discovery rate of 1%; unassigned spectra were submitted to a second Sequest HT node using the same parameters as above with the exception of performing the search using semi-specific trypsin cleavage. The final list was filtered to include only peptide hormones.

Multiple sequence alignment: All alignments were performed in ClustalW using the peptide sequences of H. sapiens, M. musculus, and R. Norvegicus.

In some aspects of the present application, mammalian host cells are modified to inactivate or downregulate certain glycosyltransferase genes. Details for for modifying or adding all subtypes of O-GalNAc linked mucin-type O-glycans are described in WO 2017/194699, which reference is hereby incorporated by reference.

In brief the present invention may incorporate the use of mammalian host cells with individual and combinatorial knock out of one or more of the GALNT1-T20 glycogenes (listed in Table 1 below). Determining changes in interactions with a plurality of mammalian cells with knock out of GALNT1 and/or GALNT2 and/or GALNT3 and/or GALNT4 and/or GALNT5 and/or GALNT6 and/or GALNT7 and/or GALNT9 and/or GALNT10 and/or GALNT11 and/or GALNT12 and/or GALNT13 and/or GALNT14 and/or GALNT16 and/or GALNT18 and/or GALNT19 is used to identify if said interaction occurs through subsets of O-GalNAc glycoproteins controlled by one or more of the 20 GALNTs, respectively, such that loss or reduction in measured interactions with mammalian cells with knock out of one or more of the named gene(s) confer that the O-glycoprotein(s) responsible for the interaction requires glycosylation by the corresponding GALNT(s).

TABLE 1 O-Gly (Ser/Thr/Tyr) GALNT1-T20 (O-GalNAc)

O-Glycan Branching

The present invention may incorporate the use of mammalian host cells with individual and combinatorial knock out of C1GalT1, GCNT1, GCNT2, GCNT3, GCNT4, GCNT6, GCNT7, B3GNT6 or B3GNT2 glycogenes (listed in Table 2 below) suitable for determining O-linked branching in Core2, Core3 and Core4 structures (FIG. 1), involved in observed interactions. Determining changes in interactions with a plurality of mammalian cells with knock out of GCNT1 and/or GCNT2 and/or GCNT3 and/or GCNT4 and/or GCNT6 and/or GCNT7 and/or B3GNT6 and/or B3GNT6 is used to identify if said interaction occurs through O-linked branched structures by one or a plurality of the branching enzymes, such that loss or reduction in measured interactions with mammalian cells with knock out of one or more of the named gene(s) confer that the O-linked branched structure is responsible for the interaction as indicated.

TABLE 2 O-Gly C1GALT1, B3GNT6 (O-GalNAc) GCNT1/T2/T3/T4/T6/T7 (O-GalNAc) B3GALNT1/T2 (O-Gly) B3GNT2/T3/T4/T7/T8/T9 (O-Gly) B4GALT1/T2/T3/T4 (O-Gly) B4GALNT3/T4 (O-Gly)

The present invention may incorporate the use of mammalian host cells with individual and combinatorial knock out of genes involved in N and O-glycan and glycolipid capping (sialylation); ST3GAL1/2/3/4/5/6 (α2,3NeuAc capping/sialylation) and/or ST6GAL1/2 (α2,6NeuAc capping/sialylation) and/or ST8SIA1/2/3/4/5/6 (capping by poly-sialylation) and/or ST6GALNAC1/2/3/4/5/6 (α2,6NeuAc capping/sialylation) (glycogenes listed in table 3 below) suitable for determining the capped (sialylated or fucosylated) glycan structure involved in observed interactions. Determining changes in interactions with a plurality of mammalian cells with knock out of ST3GAL1/2/3/4/5/6 and/or ST6GAL1/2 and/or ST8SIA1/2/3/4/5/6 and/or ST6GALNAC1/2/3/4/5/6 is used to identify if said interaction occurs through the type of capping indicated in parenthesis, such that loss or reduction in measured interactions with mammalian cells with knock out of one or more of the named groups of genes confer that the type of capping is responsible for the interaction as indicated.

TABLE 3 N-Gly, FUT1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11 O-Gly, ST3GAL1/2/3/4/5/6 Glycolipids ST6GAL1/2 ST6GALNAC1/2/3/4/5/6 ST8SIA1/2/3/4/5/6 B3GAT1/T2 ABO A4GNT

Engineering GTfs in Cells

Only little information exists as to the effects of knock out of glycosyltransferase genes in mammalian cell lines. For human cell lines only a few spontaneous mutants of glycosyltransferase genes have been identified. For example the colon cancer cell line LSC derived from LS174T has a mutation in the COSMC chaperone that leads to misfolded and non-functional Core1 synthase C1GalT⁶². The COSMC gene is also mutated in the human lymphoblastoid Jurkat cell line^(62,63).

Knock Out of Glycosylation Genes in Cell Lines

The limited information of effects of knock out of glycosyltransferase genes in cell lines is partly due to past difficulties with making knock outs in cell lines before the recent advent of precise gene editing technologies⁶⁴. Thus, until recently essentially only one glycosyltransferase gene, FUT8, had been knocked out in a directed approach using two rounds of homologous recombination including massive clone screening efforts. The conventional gene disruption by homologous recombination is typically a very laborious process as evidenced by this knock out of Fut8 in CHO, as over 100,000 clonal cell lines were screened to identify a few growing Fut8−/− clones⁶⁵ (U.S. Pat. No. 7,214,775). With the advent of the Zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) gene targeting strategy it became less laborious to disrupt genes, which was first demonstrated by knock out of the Fut8 gene in a CHO cell line, where additional two other genes unrelated to glycosylation were also effectively targeted⁶⁶. More recently, TALENs and the CRISPR/Cas9 editing strategies have emerged, and the latter editing strategy was used to knock out the Fut8 gene⁶⁷.

It is thus clear that targeted genetic engineering is now a tool the skilled person may use but editing of the glycosylation genes in mammalian cells and animals are prone to substantial uncertainty, and thus identifying the optimal engineering targets for display of a given glycan structure will require extensive experimental efforts. Therefore a random type approach involving testing of a multiplicity of different glycogene and glycoform variations may be beneficial.

Overexpression of Glycosylation Genes in Cell Lines

It is noteworthy that transient or stable overexpression of a glycosyltransferase gene in a cell most often result in only partial changes in the glycosylation pathways in which the encoded enzyme is involved. A number of studies have attempted to overexpress e.g. the core2 C2GnT1 enzyme in CHO to produce core2 branched O-glycans, the ST6GAL1 sialyltransferase to produce α2,6linked sialic acid capping on N-glycoproteins⁶⁸, and the ST6GALNAC1 sialyltransferase to produce α2,6linked sialic acid on O-glycoproteins forming the cancer-associated glycan STn⁶⁹. However, in all these studies heterogeneous and often unstable glycosylation characteristics in transfected cell lines have been obtained. This is presumably partly due to competing endogenous glycosyltransferase activities whether acting with the same substrates or diverging pathway substrates. Other factors may also explain the heterogeneous glycosylation characteristics.

Definitions

Before disclosing the subject-matter in greater detail, definitions of terms/expressions used herein are provided.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although methods and materials similar to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, suitable methods and materials are described below. In addition, the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting.

Each of the patents, applications and articles cited herein, and each document cited or referenced therein, including during the prosecution of any of the patents and/or applications cited herein (“patent cited documents”), and any manufacturer's instructions or catalogues for any products cited herein or mentioned in any of the references and in any of the patent cited documents, are hereby incorporated herein by reference. Documents incorporated by reference into this text or any teachings therein may be used in the practice of this invention.

Documents incorporated by reference into this text are not admitted to be prior art. As used herein, the words “may” and “may be” are to be interpreted in an open-ended, non-restrictive manner. At minimum, “may” and “may be” are to be interpreted as definitively including structure or acts recited.

The articles “a” and “an” are used herein to refer to one or to more than one (i.e. to at least one) of the grammatical object of the article.

Throughout this specification, unless the context requires otherwise, the words “comprise”, “comprises” and “comprising” will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated step or element or group of steps or elements but not the exclusion of any other step or element or group of steps or elements.

By “therapeutically effective amount or dose” or “sufficient amount or dose” herein is meant a dose that produces effects for which it is administered. The exact dose will depend on the purpose of the treatment, and will be ascertainable by one skilled in the art using known techniques.

The terms “pharmaceutically effective”, “therapeutically effective”, “pharmaceutically active”, or “therapeutically active” means that a synthetic compound of the invention so described is determined to have activity that affects a medical parameter or disease state.

“Patient” as that term is used herein, refers to the recipient of the treatment. In a specific embodiment, the patient is a mammal, such as a human, canine, murine, feline, bovine, ovine, swine or caprine. In a particular embodiment, the patient is a human.

As used herein, the terms “function” or “functional activity” refer to a biological, e.g., enzymatic function.

By “isolated” is meant material that is substantially or essentially free or purified from components that normally accompany it in its native state. For example, the compound according to the invention may be modified subsequent to isolation from their natural or laboratory-produced environment, or they may be used in isolated form in vitro, or as components of devices, compositions, etc.

By “obtained from” is meant that a sample such as, for example, a polypeptide (peptide hormone) is isolated from, or derived from, a particular source of the host or cells cultured in vitro. For example, the extract can be obtained from a tissue or a biological fluid sample isolated directly from the host. Therefore, the compounds of the present invention may be recombinantly produced or obtained from biological sources and be purified before further use in vitro and/or in vivo.

By “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” is meant a solid or liquid filler, stabilizer, diluent or encapsulating substance that can be safely used in administration routes when applied to an animal, e.g. a mammal, including humans.

“Therapeutic treatment”, and “treatment”, refers any type of therapy.

The terms “peptide hormone”, “polypeptide,” “peptide” and “protein” are used interchangeably herein to refer to a polymer of amino acid residues. The terms apply also to amino acid polymers in which one or more amino acid residue is an artificial chemical mimetic of a corresponding naturally occurring amino acid, as well as to naturally occurring amino acid polymers and non-naturally occurring amino acid polymer.

The term “amino acid” refers to naturally occurring and synthetic amino acids, as well as amino acid analogs and amino acid mimetics that function in a manner similar to the naturally occurring amino acids. Naturally occurring amino acids are those encoded by the genetic code, as well as those amino acids that are later modified, e.g., hydroxyproline, γ-carboxyglutamate, and O-phosphoserine. Amino acid analogs refers to compounds that have the same basic chemical structure as a naturally occurring amino acid, i.e., an a carbon that is bound to a hydrogen, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and an R group, e.g., homoserine, norleucine, methionine sulfoxide, methionine methyl sulfonium. Such analogs have modified R groups (e.g., norleucine) or modified peptide backbones, but retain the same basic chemical structure as a naturally occurring amino acid. Amino acid mimetics refers to chemical compounds that have a structure that is different from the general chemical structure of an amino acid, but that functions in a manner similar to a naturally occurring amino acid. Amino acids may be referred to herein by either their commonly known three letter symbols or by the one-letter symbols recommended by the IUPAC-IUB Biochemical Nomenclature Commission.

As to amino acid sequences, one of skill will recognize that individual substitutions, deletions or additions to a nucleic acid, peptide, polypeptide, or protein sequence which alters, adds or deletes a single amino acid or a small percentage of amino acids in the encoded sequence is a “conservatively modified variant” or “derivative” where the alteration results in the substitution of an amino acid, e.g., with a chemically similar amino acid. Conservative substitution tables providing functionally similar amino acids are well known in the art. According to the present invention, modified variants of the peptide hormones of the invention functionally retain their specific hormone activity when analyzed in a suitable model to determine said activity.

As used herein the term “peptide hormone” refers to any protein or peptide with hormonal activity, i.e. a peptide with signaling activity through the binding on its cognate receptor or to the class of peptide hormones involved in neuronal signaling, such as involved in a wide range of brain functions, including analgesia, reward, food intake, metabolism, reproduction, social behaviors, learning and memory. A peptide hormone may also be referred to as a neuropeptide.

The term “O-linked glycan” as used herein refers to the O-linked glycosylation with the addition of N-acetyl-galactosamine (GalNAc) to serine or threonine residues in the peptide hormones of the invention followed by other carbohydrates (such as galactose and sialic acid).

The phrase “at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region” as used herein refers to the addition or selection of peptides with an O-linked glycan at a site specifically selected.

The phrase “a truncated version or a variant as compared to the corresponding wild-type peptide hormone found in nature” is intended to refer to a peptide hormone which has been modified by either truncation or amino acid substitutions as compared with the same peptide hormone found in nature, such as found in vivo in the human body. Typically, the peptide hormone may be genetically engineered and/or chemically synthesized to include 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 amino acids of the native peptide sequence being substituted with any other amino acid, such as conservative substitutions. Alternatively or in addition to this, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 amino acids may have been removed or added to the native peptide sequence. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the peptides hormone according to the present invention comprises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 substitutions, additions or deletions relative to the native wild-type peptide hormone. The amino acids used in the amino acid sequences according to the invention may be in both L- and/or D-form. It is to be understood that both L- and D-forms may be used for different amino acids within the same peptide sequence. In some embodiments the amino acids within the peptide sequence are in L-form, such as natural amino acids.

The term “improved stability” as used herein refers to peptides of the invention, which when tested e.g. in an in vitro assays as described in⁷⁰ exhibit improved stability as compared to the same peptide without this one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region.

The term “receptor sub-type selectivity switch” as used herein refers to peptides of the invention being receptor sub-type specific.

The term “O-linked glycan” or “O-glycosylation” refers to the attachment of a sugar molecule to an oxygen atom in an amino acid residue in a protein.

Specific Embodiments of the Invention

1. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species exhibiting a specific glycosylation pattern of one or more O-linked glycan(s) at a predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone species, wherein specific, defined glycosylation pattern means that the each molecule of said peptide hormone in said pharmaceutical formulation displays structural homogeneity with respect to the site of glycan attachment and/or with respect to the glycan attachment.

2. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to embodiment 1, wherein said peptide hormone species is selected from the group of sequences comprising SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 8, 81, 83, 84, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 130, 131, 135, 136, 143, 144, 147, 163, 164, 167, 168, 170, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 204, 215, 217, 219, 222, 227, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 252, 260, 262, 267, 272, and/or 279.

3. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to embodiment 1 or 2, wherein said peptide hormone species is selected from the group of sequences comprising SEQ ID NOs: 6, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 72, 74, 92, 95, 97, 99, 106, 107, 108, 116, 117, 118, 147, 163, 167, 185, 186, and/or 188.

4. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any one of embodiments 1 to 3, wherein said peptide hormone species is selected from the group of sequences comprising SEQ ID NOs: 72, 95, 97, 106, 108, 147, 185, and/or 188.

5. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any one of embodiments 1 to 4, wherein said peptide hormone species is SEQ ID NO: 147.

6. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any one of embodiments 1 to 5, wherein said predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone is within the receptor-binding region.

7. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any one of embodiments 1 to 6, wherein said peptide hormone exhibiting an specific glycosylation pattern of one or more O-linked glycan(s) at a predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone is obtainable by recombinant production using a host cell in which one or more glycosyltransferase gene(s) is/are inactivated or downregulated by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more gene(s) selected from COSMC and C1GALT1; and/or by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more gene(s) selected from GCNT3, GCNT4, B3GNT6, and/or by inactivation and/or downregulation and/or upregulation/activation of one or more gene(s) selected from ST6GALNAC1-6, ST3GAL1, GCNT3, GCNT4, and/or B3GNT6.

8. A formulation comprising comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any of embodiments 1 to 7, wherein said peptide hormone species exhibits a specific glycosylation pattern of one or more O-linked glycan(s) at a predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone and, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a glycan structure selected from a Core1, core2, core3, or core4 structure with optional elongation and sialic acid capping, wherein optionally the first monosaccharide attached in the synthesis of O-linked glycans is N-acetyl-galactosamine and wherein a core1 structure may be obtained by the addition of galactose, and wherein a core2 structure may be obtained by the addition of N-acetyl-glucosamine to the N-acetyl-galactosamine of the core1 structure and wherein the core3 structures may be obtained by the addition of a single N-acetyl-glucosamine to the first monosaccharide N-acetyl-galactosamin and core4 structures may be obtained by the addition of a second N-acetyl-glucosamine to the core3 structure.

9. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any of embodiments 1 to 8, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a Tn (GalNAc) structure.

10. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any of embodiments 1 to 9, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include Tn (GalNAc) structure with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

11. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any of embodiments 1 to 10, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

12. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any of embodiments 1 to 11, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha 2-3)

13. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to any of embodiments 1 to 12, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the Core1 structures with two sialic acids capping (alpha 2-3 and alpha 2-6).

14. A formulation according to any one of embodiments 1 to 13, wherein said formulation is a pharmaceutical formulation.

15. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in any of the preceding embodiments 1 to 14, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site indicated in and one of Tables 6A to 6E, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.

16. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in embodiment 15, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site indicated in Table 6A or 6B, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.

17. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in embodiments 15 or 16, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site of a peptide hormone indicated in Table 6B, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.

18. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in any one of embodiments 15 to 17, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site of a peptide hormone indicated in Table 6C, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.

19. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in any one of embodiments 15 to 17, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site of a peptide hormone indicated in Table 6C, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.

20. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in any one of embodiments 15 to 17, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site of a peptide hormone indicated in Table 6D, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.

21. A modified peptide hormone comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site selected from the group comprising the peptide hormones indicated in 6A, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone, and wherein said peptide hormone is selected from the group comprising SEQ ID Nos: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 8, 81, 83, 84, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 130, 131, 135, 136, 143, 144, 147, 163, 164, 167, 168, 170, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 204, 215, 217, 219, 222, 227, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 252, 260, 262, 267, 272, and/or 279.

22. The modified peptide hormone according to embodiment 21 comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site selected from the group comprising the peptide hormones indicated in 6B, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone, and wherein said peptide hormone is selected from the group comprising SEQ ID Nos: 6, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 72, 74, 92, 95, 97, 99, 106, 107, 108, 116, 117, 118, 147, 163, 167, 185, 186, and/or 188.

23. The modified peptide hormone according to embodiments 21 or 22 comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site selected from the group comprising the peptide hormones indicated in 6C, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone, and wherein said peptide hormone is selected from the group comprising SEQ ID Nos: 72, 95, 97, 106, 108, 147, 185, and/or 188.

24. The modified peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 20 to 23 comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site selected from the group comprising the peptide hormones indicated in 6D, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone, and wherein said peptide hormone is depicted in SEQ ID NO: 147.

25. The modified peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 20 to 24, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a glycan structure selected from a Core1, core2, core3, or core4 structure with sialic acid capping, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a glycan structure selected from a core1, core2, core3, or core4 structure with optional elongation and sialic acid capping, wherein optionally the first monosaccharide attached in the synthesis of O-linked glycans is N-acetyl-galactosamine and wherein a core1 structure may be obtained by the addition of galactose, and wherein a core2 structure may be obtained by the addition of N-acetyl-glucosamine to the N-acetyl-galactosamine of the core1 structure and wherein the core3 structures may be obtained by the addition of a single N-acetyl-glucosamine to the first monosaccharide N-acetyl-galactosamin and core4 structures may be obtained by the addition of a second N-acetyl-glucosamine to the core3 structure.

26. The modified peptide hormone according to any of embodiments 21 to 25, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a Tn (GalNAc) structure.

27. The modified peptide hormone according to any of embodiments 21 to 26, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include Tn (GalNAc) structure with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

28. The modified peptide hormone according to any of embodiments 21 to 27, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

29. The modified peptide hormone according to any of embodiments 21 to 28, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha 2-3)

30. The modified peptide hormone according to any of embodiments 21 to 29, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with two sialic acids capping (alpha 2-3 and alpha 2-6).

The present invention relates also to an isolated peptide hormone, such as recombinant, such as a neuropeptide comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the one or more O-glycan structures include a glycan structure selected from a core1, core2, core3, or core4 structure with sialic acid capping, such as a structure as illustrated in FIG. 1.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the one or more O-glycan structures include a Tn (GalNAc) structure.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the one or more O-glycan structures include Tn (GalNAc) structure with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha 2-3)

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with two sialic acids capping (alpha 2-3 and alpha 2-6).

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone has improved, such as increased stability and/or circulatory half-life and/or other pharmacokinetic properties, such as improved stability in in vitro assays, plasma and/or bodyfluids.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone has lower bioactivity in receptor signalling, such as decreased receptor stimulation in in vitro cell assays and/or in man.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone exhibits improved receptor stimulation in in vitro cell assays and/or in animal models and/or in man.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone exhibits altered blood-brain barrier uptake in animals or in man, such as increased blood-brain barrier uptake in animals or in man, or decreased blood-brain barrier uptake in animals or in human.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone exhibits receptor sub-type selectivity switch.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone is specific to one or more tissue in human, such as specific to tissue of the nervous system.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone is selected from any one of tables 4, 5, or 6, such as selected from the list consisting of a peptide of the Neuropeptide Y family, such as NPY, PPY and PYY; a peptide of the Glucagon/Secretin family, such as GIP, Glucagon, GLP-1, GLP-2, PACAP, Secretin, PHM-27/PHV-42, Somatoliberin and VIP; a peptide of the Natriuretic peptide family, such as ANP, BNP and CNP, a peptide of the calcitonin family, such as calcitonin, and a peptide of the insulin family such as amylin.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone is not found in nature. Accordingly, in some embodiments the peptide hormone according to the invention is not a wild-type hormone found in any species in nature. The peptide hormone according to the invention may be a peptide hormone that is a variant of a wild-type peptide hormone. Such peptide hormone variant may be a peptide that differ from the wild-type version by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acid differences, such as amino acid substitutions, additions or deletions. A peptide variant according to the invention may have more than 80%, such as more than 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, or 99% sequence identity with a corresponding wild-type peptide hormone found in nature.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone is a truncated version or a variant as compared to the corresponding wild-type peptide hormone found in nature.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone is selected from any one of table 6 comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a site as indicated in table 6, such as at a bold underlined position and/or an italic underlined position.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone is selected from any one of table 6 comprising at least, not more than, or the exact number of O-linked glycan sites as indicated in table 6.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the peptide hormone is selected from any one of table 5.

Subject matter of the present invention is also a (pharmaceutical or diagnostic) composition or formulation comprising a compound as defined in any of the preceding embodiments.

Subject matter of the present invention is also a (pharmaceutical or diagnostic) composition or formulation comprising a synthetic compound as defined in any of the preceding embodiments, wherein said (pharmaceutical or diagnostic) composition or formulation is suitable for administration to a patient in need thereof.

Subject matter of the present invention is also a peptide hormone or a pharmaceutical composition or formulation according to any of the above embodiments, wherein said composition or formulation is suitable for the localized or systemic administration, wherein the localized administration is preferably selected from the group of topical administration, including transdermal, ophthalmic, nasal, otologic, enteral, pulmonal and urogenital administration or local or systemic injection, including subcutaneous, intra-articular, intravenous, intracardiac, intramuscular, intraosseous or intraperitoneal administration.

Subject matter of the present invention is also a device according to the previous embodiment, wherein the device is suitable as a delivery system for immediate and/or sustained release of a peptide hormone as defined in anyone of the preceding embodiments, e.g., they may be used as drug (peptide hormone) delivery system or controlled drug (peptide hormone) release systems.

Subject-matter of the invention is also a device comprising a pharmaceutical composition or a pharmaceutical formulation as defined in any of the foregoing embodiments. A device may take any form that is suitable to deliver the synthetic compounds or any one of the compositions or formulations of the present invention. It may comprise biological and/or synthetic materials and may take form of a patch, a stent, an implantable device, hydrogel, etc.

Subject-matter of the invention is also a device as defined in any of the foregoing embodiments, wherein the device is a delivery system for immediate and/or sustained release of the peptide hormone as defined in any of the foregoing embodiments.

Subject-matter of the invention is also a method of treatment of an individual in need thereof and/or the amelioration of and/or the prevention of deterioration of a disease in an individual in need thereof, by administration to said individual of a therapeutically efficient amount of any of the peptide hormones according to the present invention and/or pharmaceutical compositions as defined above.

The administration of the compounds (peptide hormones) according to this invention and pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention may be performed in any of the generally accepted modes of administration available in the art. Illustrative examples of suitable modes of administration include intravenous, oral, nasal, inhalable, parenteral, topical, transdermal and rectal delivery. Parenteral and intravenous delivery forms are preferred. In aspects of the invention injectable formulations comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the compounds (peptide hormones) of the invention are provided, including salts, esters, isomers, solvates, hydrates and polymorphs thereof, at least one vehicle comprising water, aqueous solvents, organic solvents, hydro-alcoholic solvents, oily substances, or mixtures thereof, and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. Standard knowledge regarding these pharmaceutical ingredients and pharmaceutical formulations/compositions may be found, inter alia, in the ‘Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients’; Edited by Raymond C Rowe, Paul J Sheskey, Walter G Cook and Marian E Fenton; May 2012 and/or in Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 19th edition. The pharmaceutical compositions/formulations may be formulated in the form of a dosage form fororal, intravenous, nasal, inhalable, parenteral, topical, transdermal and rectal and may thus comprise further pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, such as buffers, solvents, preservatives, disintegrants, stabilizers, carriers, diluents, fillers, binders, lubricants, glidants, colorants, pigments, taste masking agents, sweeteners, flavorants, plasticizers, and any acceptable auxiliary substances such as absorption enhancers, penetration enhancers, surfactants, co-surfactants, and specialized oils.

The proper excipient(s) is (are) selected based in part on the dosage form, the intended mode of administration, the intended release rate, and manufacturing reliability. Examples of common types of excipients include also various polymers, waxes, calcium phosphates, sugars, etc.

Polymers include cellulose and cellulose derivatives such as HPMC, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, calcium carboxymethylcellulose, and ethylcellulose; polyvinylpyrrolidones; polyethylenoxides; polyalkylene glycols such as polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol; and polyacrylic acids including their copolymers and crosslinked polymers thereof, e.g., Eudragit® (Rohm), polycarbophil, and chitosan polymers. Waxes include white beeswax, microcrystalline wax, carnauba wax, hydrogenated castor oil, glyceryl behenate, glycerylpalmitol stearate, and saturated polyglycolyzed glycerate. Calcium phosphates include dibasic calcium phosphate, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, and tribasic calcium phosphate. Sugars include simple sugars, such as lactose, maltose, mannitol, fructose, sorbitol, saccharose, xylitol, isomaltose, and glucose, as well as complex sugars (polysaccharides), such as maltodextrin, amylodextrin, starches, and modified starches.

The pharmaceutical compositions/formulations of the present invention may be formulated into various types of dosage forms, for instance as solutions or suspensions, or as tablets, capsules, granules, pellets or sachets for oral administration.

The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can be manufactured according to standard methods known in the art. Granulates according to the invention can be obtained by dry compaction or wet granulation. These granulates can subsequently be mixed with e.g. suitable disintegrating agents, glidants and lubricants and the mixture can be compressed into tablets or filled into sachets or capsules of suitable size. Tablets can also be obtained by direct compression of a suitable powder mixture, i.e. without any preceding granulation of the excipients. Suitable powder or granulate mixtures according to the invention are also obtainable by spray drying, lyophilization, melt extrusion, pellet layering, coating of the active pharmaceutical ingredient or any other suitable method. The so obtained powders or granulates can be mixed with one or more suitable ingredients and the resulting mixtures can be delivered in sterile primary packaging devices for reconstitution before parenteral administration Injectable compositions of the present invention may contain a buffer (for example, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, disodium hydrogen phosphate and the like), an isotonizing agent (for example, glucose, sodium chloride and the like), a stabilizer (for example, sodium hydrogen sulfite and the like), a soothing agent (for example, glucose, benzyl alcohol, mepivacaine hydrochloride, xylocaine hydrochloride, procaine hydrochloride, carbocaine hydrochloride and the like), a preservative (for example, p-oxybenzoic acid ester such as methyl p-oxybenzoate and the like, thimerosal, chlorobutanol, benzyl alcohol and the like) and the like, if necessary. In addition, the injectable composition of the present invention may contain vitamins and the like. Further, injectable compositions of the present invention may contain an aqueous solvent, if necessary. Examples of the aqueous solvent include purified water for injection, physiological saline solution, and glucose solution. In injectable compositions of the present invention, the pharmaceutical compound (peptide hormone) may be solid. As used herein, the “solid” comprises crystals and amorphous substances which have conventional meanings. The form of the solid component is not particularly limited, but powder is preferred in view of dissolution rate.

Pharmaceutical Formulations

Still another aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the peptide hormones according to the present invention, e.g. as shown in Tables 6A-E) as an active ingredient, together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient and/or diluents for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of appropriate disorders or diseases.

Administration forms include, for example, pills, tablets, film tablets, coated tablets, capsules, liposomal formulations, micro- and nano-formulations, powders and deposits. Furthermore, the present invention also includes pharmaceutical preparations for parenteral application, including dermal, intradermal, intragastral, intracutan, intravasal, intravenous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intranasal, intravaginal, intrabuccal, percutan, rectal, subcutaneous, sublingual, topical, or transdermal application, which preparations in addition to typical vehicles and/or diluents contain the compounds according to the present invention.

The compounds of the invention can also be administered in form of its pharmaceutically active salts. Suitable pharmaceutically active salts comprise acid addition salts and alkali or earth alkali salts. For instance, sodium, potassium, lithium, magnesium or calcium salts can be obtained.

The pharmaceutical compositions/formulations according to the present invention will typically be administered together with suitable carrier materials selected with respect to the intended form of administration, i.e. for oral administration in the form of tablets, capsules (either solid filled, semi-solid filled or liquid filled), powders for constitution, aerosol preparations consistent with conventional pharmaceutical practices. Other suitable formulations are hydrogels, elixirs, dispersible granules, syrups, suspensions, creams, lotions, solutions, emulsions, suspensions, dispersions, and the like. Suitable dosage forms for sustained release include tablets having layers of varying disintegration rates or controlled release polymeric matrices delivered with the active components. The pharmaceutical compositions may be comprised of 0.01 to 95% by weight of the peptide hormones of the invention.

As pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient and/or diluents can be used HSA, lactose, sucrose, cellulose, mannitol.

Suitable binders include starch, gelatin, natural sugars, corn sweeteners, natural and synthetic gums such as acacia, sodium alginate, carboxymethyl-cellulose, polyethylene glycol and waxes. Among the lubricants that may be mentioned for use in these dosage forms, boric acid, sodium benzoate, sodium acetate, sodium chloride, and the like. Disintegrants include starch, methylcellulose, guar gum and the like. Sweetening and flavoring agents and preservatives may also be included where appropriate. Some of the terms noted above, namely disintegrants, diluents, lubricants, binders and the like, are discussed in more detail below. Additionally, the compositions of the present invention may be formulated in sustained release form to provide the rate controlled release of any one or more of the components or active ingredients to optimize the therapeutic effects. Suitable dosage forms for sustained release include controlled release polymeric matrices or hydrogels embedding the active components. Aerosol preparations suitable for inhalation may include solutions and solids in powder form, which may be in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier such as inert compressed gas, e.g. nitrogen.

For preparing suppositories, a low melting wax such as a mixture of fatty acid glycerides such as cocoa butter is first melted, and the active ingredient is dispersed homogeneously therein by stirring or similar mixing. The molten homogeneous mixture is then poured into convenient sized molds, allowed to cool and thereby solidify.

Also included are solid form preparations which are intended to be converted, shortly before use, to liquid form preparations for parenteral administration. Such liquid forms include solutions, suspensions and emulsions.

The compounds of the present invention may also be deliverable transdermally. The transdermal compositions may take the form of creams, lotions, aerosols and/or emulsions and can be included in a transdermal patch of the matrix or reservoir type as are conventional in the art for this purpose.

The transdermal formulation of the compounds of the invention is understood to increase the bioavailability of said compound into the circulating blood. One problem in the administration of peptidic drugs in general is the loss of bioactivity due to the formation of insolubles in aqueous environments or due to degradation. Therefore, stabilization of compounds for maintaining their fluidity and maintaining their biological activity upon administration to the patients in need thereof needs to be achieved. Prior efforts to provide active agents for medication include incorporating the medication in a polymeric matrix whereby the active ingredient is released into the systemic circulation. Known sustained-release delivery means of active agents are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,235,988, 4,188,373, 4,100,271, US447471, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,474,752, 4,474,753, or U.S. Pat. No. 4,478,822 relating to polymeric pharmaceutical vehicles for delivery of pharmaceutically active chemical materials to mucous membranes. The pharmaceutical carriers are aqueous solutions of certain polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene condensates. These polymeric pharmaceutical vehicles are described as providing for increased drug absorption by the mucous membrane and prolonged drug action by a factor of two or more. The substituents are block copolymers of polyoxypropylene and polyoxyethylene used for stabilization of drugs such as insulin.

Aqueous solutions of polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymers (poloxamers) are useful as stabilizers for the compounds. Aside from serving as a stabilizer for the compound, poloxamers provide excellent vehicles for the delivery of the compound, and they are physiologically acceptable. Poloxamers, also known by the trade name Pluronics (e.g. Pluronic F127, Pluronic P85, Pluronic F68) have surfactant properties that make them useful in industrial applications. Among other things, they can be used to increase the water solubility of hydrophobic, oily substances or otherwise increase the miscibility of two substances with different hydrophobicities. For this reason, these polymers are commonly used in industrial applications, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. They have also been used as model systems for drug delivery applications. In situ gelation of pharmaceutical compositions based on poloxamer that are biologically triggered are known in the art (e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 5,256,396), describing compositions containing poloxamer 407 and water at specified concentrations.

Gels refer to the active ingredients dispersed or solubilized in a hydrophilic semi-solid matrix. Powders for constitution refer to powder blends containing the active ingredients and suitable diluents which can be suspended in water and may contain optionally buffer salts, lactose, amino acids, excipients, sugars and isotonisation reagents.

Recently, increasingly improved and potent protein-based and peptide-based drugs have been developed by the biotech industry. However, the prophylactic and/or therapeutic use of many other protein- or peptide-based compounds has been hampered because of their susceptibility to proteolytic breakdown, rapid plasma clearance, peculiar dose-response curves, immunogenicity, bioincompatibility, and/or the tendency of peptides and proteins to undergo aggregation, adsorption, and/or denaturation. These characteristics often render traditional methods of drug delivery ineffective or sub-optimal when applied to protein or peptide based drugs. Therefore, an immense amount of interest has been increasingly placed on controlled and/or sustained release drug delivery systems to maintain the therapeutic efficacy or diagnostic value of these important classes of biologically active agents. One of the primary goals of sustained delivery systems is to maintain the levels of an active agent within an effective range and ideally at a constant level. One approach for sustained delivery of an active agent is by microencapsulation, in which the active agent is enclosed within a polymeric matrix. The importance of biocompatible and/or biodegradable polymers as carriers for parenteral drug delivery systems is now well established. Biocompatible, biodegradable, and relatively inert substances such as poly(lactide) (PLA) or poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) structures such as microparticles or films containing the active agent to be administered are commonly employed sustained delivery devices (for review, see M. Chasin, Biodegradable polymers for controlled drug delivery. In: J.O. Hollinger Editor, Biomedical Applications of Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers CRC, Boca Raton, Fla. (1995), pp. 1-15; T. Hayashi, Biodegradable polymers for biomedical uses. Prog. Polym. Sci. 19 4 (1994), pp. 663-700; and Harjit Tamber, Pal Johansen, Hans P. Merkle and Bruno Gander, Formulation aspects of biodegradable polymeric microspheres for antigen delivery Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Volume 57, Issue 3, 10 Jan. 2005, Pages 357-376). A relatively steady release of one or more active agents incorporated within such polymers is possible because of the degradation profile of these polymers in an aqueous environment. By encapsulating active agents in a polymer matrix in various forms such as microparticles and/or films the active agent is released at a relatively slow rate over a prolonged time. Achieving sustained drug release in such a manner may afford less frequent administration, thereby increasing patient compliance and reducing discomfort; protection of the therapeutic compound within the body; potentially optimized prophylactic or therapeutic responses and prolonged efficacy; and avoidance of peak-related side-effects by maintaining more-constant blood levels of the active agent. Furthermore, these compositions can oftentimes be administered by injection, allowing for localized delivery and high local concentrations of the active agents.

With regard to highly active biologies, such as growth factors, local in the form of a bolus injection results in rapid diffusion from the region of interest and can cause severe side effects and limit efficacy. The oldest way is to use biophysical retention by changing the biophysical properties in form of viscosity, porosity, hydrophobicity or charge of the material to attain a purposeful delivery. This strategy often substantially modifies the properties of the tissue and conditions for cells, requiring more appropriate, biocompatible release mechanisms.

Methods of Treatment

Treatment methods of the invention comprise the step of administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one peptide hormone according to the invention or a pharmaceutical composition/formulation of the invention. The administration may be effected by any route, e.g., dermally, parenterally, topically, etc.

As indicated previously “therapeutically effective amount” of a at least one peptide hormone according to the invention preferably refers to the amount necessary to achieve the therapeutic outcome.

The choice of the optimal dosage regime and duration of medication, particularly the optimal dose and manner of administration of the active compounds necessary in each case can be determined by a person skilled in the art on the basis of his/her expert knowledge.

Subject matter of the present invention is also any of the above the above at least one peptide hormone in method of manufacturing a medicament for the treatment of an appropriate condition or diseases.

EXAMPLES Example 1 Development of a Sensitive O-Glycoproteomics Work Flow Enriching for Peptide Hormones

The present inventors originally developed the so-called SimpleCell O-glycoproteomics strategy^(18,71), and provided a vast expansion of the knowledge of the human O-glycoproteome. While more than 3,000 O-glycosites were identified in almost 1,000 human proteins^(28,71). In order to specifically explore potential O-glycans on peptide hormones the present inventors developed a novel proteomics based strategy selective for smaller peptides. The overall strategy for exploring O-glycosylation of peptide hormones is presented in FIG. 2A. The present inventors chose to use the strategy on cells and organs known to produce and secrete high levels of diverse peptide hormones. For tissues the present inventors selected the whole-brain and cerebellum from both rat and pig as neuronal sources, porcine pancreas, ileum and heart as endocrine sources. For human samples, prostate cancer was chosen as well as plasma since both endocrine and neuroendocrine tissues secrete peptide hormones into the blood stream. For cell lines, the present inventors chose the mouse neuroblastoma cell line N2A and the mouse enteroendocrine STC1 cell line that is a natural source of gut hormones.

Peptide hormones are typically short peptides of 30-50 amino acids, and to achieve optimal peptide hormone coverage in the mass spectrometry analysis, the present inventors used different pre-extraction methods for the tissue- and plasma samples (precipitation with organic solvents or acidic water extraction) to ensure enrichment of shorter peptides. For the cell lines, the present inventors furthermore used different proteolytic enzymes (trypsin, Glu-C and/or chymotrypsin) for protein digestion to facilitate better coverage of proteins in the LWAC-LC/MS workflow (FIG. 1N).

When studying protein O-glycosylation in complex mixtures enrichment of glycopeptides is essential for glycan detection due to suppression of glycopeptide ionization by the presence of large amounts of unglycosylated peptides⁷². In the case of N2A cells expressing truncated O-glycans due to a spontaneous mutation in the COSMC gene⁷³, the Tn (GalNAc) binding VVA (vicia villosa lectin) was used as previously described. Normal cells generally produce elongated O-glycans of core 1 or in some cases cores 2-4 structures with capping sialic acids (FIG. 1), and the majority of O-glycoproteins found in plasma carry the sialylated Core 1 structures (Core 1)^(12,74). The present inventors therefore hypothesized that secreted and circulating peptide hormones would carry similar O-glycan structures if they were O-glycosylated, and based on this the present inventors designed an enrichment strategy that depended on initial neuraminidase treatment of plasma, tissue extracts and cell pellets to remove capping sialic acids followed by protease digestion and LWAC enrichment using the lectins PNA (peanut agglutinin) and/or Jacalin that recognize and bind Core 1 O-glycans as previously described^(11,12). Following lectin enrichment, glycopeptides were fragmented and sequenced using HCD and ETD LC-MS/MS (FIG. 2A).

Example 2 Identification of O-Glycans on Peptide Hormones

In total the present inventors identified 2,327 O-glycoproteins (199 from human, 898 from pig, 509 from rat and 721 from mouse) with approximately 5,000 unambiguously assigned sites and another approximately 8,000 ambiguously assigned modification specific O-glycopeptides where site information was not obtained due to poor quality spectra or lack of ETD data from 10 different tissues and multiple species (FIG. 2A).

In order to extract information on glycosylated peptide hormones across several species (see FIG. 2A right panel for schematic summary), the sequenced glycopeptide fragments were aligned to the 104 human proproteins annotated in the most comprehensive available database of both neuropeptides and peptide hormones (NeuroPeP)⁷⁵. This analysis resulted in 6347 glycopeptide fragments from 135 orthologous proproteins.

To further explore the total number of O-glycosylated peptide hormones across the mammalian species analysed, the present inventors realigned the resulting peptide fragments to the corresponding human homolog resulting in 62 preproproteins (FIG. 2B). Subsequently, mapping the identified sites onto the mature peptide hormones demonstrated that 92 out of the 279 annotated mature human peptide hormones carried O-glycans at one of more sites (Table 6 and FIG. 2B). A minor fraction of these proteins and glycosites were reported previously, and the data thus confirmed the presence of known O-glycans on 17 preproproteins and 33 mature peptide hormones with the vast majority belonging to the well-described chromogranin and SAAS families^(9-14,54-56,76-79). The majority of the identified O-glycoproteins were novel and included 45 preproproteins and 59 mature peptide hormones (FIG. 2B). Among these were well-characterized peptide hormones including GLP-1, insulin, cholecystokinin, PYY, galanin and secretin, which unexpectedly were found to carry O-glycans.

On average, our strategy resulted in the identification of 10-20 glycosylated peptide hormones per analyzed sample, with the exception of the plasma and brain samples that resulted in identification of 5 and 39 glycosylated peptide hormones, respectively (FIG. 2D). FIG. 3 presents a summary of glycosylated peptide hormones in the respective peptide hormone families. Out of 46 peptide hormone families (279 members) the present inventors found O-glycans in 29 families (92 members).

Example 3 O-Glycans Identified in Conserved Receptor Binding Domains of Peptide Hormone Families

PTMs are known to change the biochemical properties and diversify protein function. In particular O-glycosylation in close proximity to limited proteolytic cleavage sites has been demonstrated to e.g. co-regulate limited proteolytic processing. Therefore, the present inventors first explored if the identified sites were in close proximity (+/−3 a.a.) to physiological relevant cleavage sites in peptide hormones. However, mapping the identified sites relative to peptide hormone length revealed that this was not the case.

The major characterized structural or functional features of peptide hormones, besides limited proteolytic processing, are their ability to be recognized by and bind highly selective receptors. The present inventors therefore explored the positions of glycosites relative to characterized structural and/or functional receptor binding regions, and surprisingly, in six different peptide hormone families the majority of identified or predicted sites were indeed located in known receptor binding regions (FIG. 4A-F). Furthermore, evolutionary analysis by alignment of individual peptide hormones for each family revealed that clear conservation of the O-glycosites, both between members within families as well as through evolution of the individual peptide hormones (FIG. 4A-F), strongly suggesting that these O-glycosites have functionally and/or structurally importance.

The following details findings in each of the hormone families. Glycosylated residues are numbered according to the length of the mature processed bioactive peptide hormones:

Example 4 O-Glycans Identified in Conserved Receptor Binding Domains of the Secretin/Glucagon Family

The members of the Secretin/Glucagon family function in water homeostasis and regulation of feeding behavior and have remarkable sequence homology. Here the present inventors identified O-glycans on Secretin, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP), Peptide Histidine Methionine/valine (PHM-27/PHV-42), Glucagon and Glucagon-like peptide 1(GLP-1), positioned in the N-terminal part of the peptide hormones, which has been shown to be important for receptor binding and activation⁸⁰ (FIG. 4A). While the present inventors did not identify glycans in all members of this family, the identified O-glycosite is fully conserved in Glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2), Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-activating Peptide (PACAP) and Somatoliberin, as well as partially in Gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP), where the predicted site is shifted 1 amino acid in the C-terminal direction. Furthermore, aligning all the members of the Secretin/Glucagon family demonstrated a highly conserved sequence motif Phe-Thr-Ser/Asp as a common denominator for glycosylation where both Thr and Ser are possible acceptor sites for glycosylation (FIG. 4A).

Example 5 O-Glycans Identified in Conserved Receptor Binding Domains of the Calcitonin Family

Members of the Calcitonin control a number of processes, including calcium/phosphate balance (Calcitonin), insulin dependent glucose metabolism (Amylin/IAPP) and vasodilation (Adrenomedullin and Intermedin)⁸¹. The present inventors identified O-glycans on all members of the Calcitonin family with the exception of Intermedin (FIG. 4B). Similar to the Secretin/Glucagon family, the present inventors identified a possible common sequence motif in the small conserved disulfide loop C(x)xxxTC for glycosylation of members of the Calcitonin family, where two cysteines are spaced by 4-5 amino acids including the Thr acceptor. This conserved Thr residue (Thr5 in Calcitonin) the present inventors found glycosylated in Amylin located in the disulfide ring structure, which is essential for receptor binding⁸². Moreover, in a study with artificial O-glycans it was shown that O-glycans may alter the alpha-helical structure of the Calcitonin peptide⁸³.

Example 6 O-Glycans Identified in Conserved Receptor Binding Domains of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor Family

In the IGF/Insulin subfamily of the Insulin gene superfamily, the present inventors identified an O-glycan on Insulin in the B-chain at Thr27 in a semi-conserved residue found as a serine in Insulin Growth Factor II (IGFII) and a threonine shifted a few positions C-terminally in Insulin Growth Factor I (IGFI) (FIG. 4C). This is surprising as Insulin is one of the most well-studied polypeptides, and the glycan identified in the sequence ⁴⁷GFFYTPKA⁵⁴ (HexHexNAc) was consistently found in 2 different species tested.

Example 7 O-Glycans Identified in Conserved Receptor Binding Domains of the Galanin Family

Galanin and Galanin-like peptide have multiple functions stimulating smooth muscle cell contraction and growth hormone and insulin release. On Galanin itself the present inventors identified an O-glycan on Thr3, which is an essential residue for receptor activation⁸⁴ and conserved in both members. In addition to this the present inventors found an O-glycan on Ser11, which is only present in Galanin and not the other family member Galanin-like peptide (FIG. 4D).

Example 8 O-Glycans Identified in Conserved Receptor Binding Domains of the Neuropeptide Y Family

The Neuropeptide Y family members, Neuropeptide Y (NPY), Peptide YY (PYY) and Pancreatic Polypeptide (PPY) share structural features and they all adopt a specific three-dimensional structure called the PP-fold. The peptides are involved in appetite regulation and anxious behavior, and the present inventors found all three members to carry O-glycans at the same conserved C-terminal Thr32 residue (FIG. 4E). The present inventors identified an additional N-terminal glycosylation site on NPY (Ser3) that was not conserved in the other members of the family. The C-terminal region of the NPY family members is essential for receptor binding, receptor selectivity and activation but also the mid-region and N-terminal has been shown to be important for receptor interaction⁸⁵.

Example 9 O-Glycans Identified in Conserved Receptor Binding Domains of the Natriuretic Peptides Family

The present inventors identified O-glycans on all three precursors (pro Atrial Natriuretic peptide (ANP), pro B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP), pro C-type Natriuretic Peptide (CNP)) as previously described for proBNP⁷⁹. However, the present inventors also identified O-glycans at Ser19 and Ser25 in the C-terminal cyclic receptor-binding region of mature ANP where Ser19 is highly conserved in all three members (FIG. 4F).

O-glycans on peptide hormones modulate receptor activation.

Considering the high degree of conservation and structural position of the identified O-glycans the present inventors next decided to explore the potential functional impact of site-specific O-glycosylation on mature peptide hormones. The present inventors selected Glucagon, GLP-1, Secretin, VIP, ANP, NPY, PYY and PPY as examples of peptide hormones where the present inventors identified O-glycosylation sites in known receptor activating regions for analysis in in vitro receptor binding assays. First, the present inventors used recombinant GalNAc-transferases for chemoenzymatic synthesis or chemically synthesized (SynPeptides, China) glycopeptide variants with Tn (GalNAcα1-O-Ser/Thr), elongated to T (Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-O-Ser/Thr) and sialylated ST (NeuAcα2-3Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-O-Ser/Thr) structures using recombinant purified glycosyl transferases. Secretin, Glucagon. GLP-1 and VIP were enzymatically GalNAc-glycosylated by GalNAc-T1 corresponding to position Thr7 (MS validated) in the mature peptide sequences and peptides from the NPY family were chemically synthesized with GalNAc at position Thr32. ANP was chemically synthesized with an O-glycan at position 19 and/or 25. Next HEK293 or COS-7 cells transiently expressing selected relevant cognate receptors were incubated with increasing concentrations of peptide or glycopeptide. Ligand/agonist efficacy and potency was measured by receptor activation as an increase in secondary messenger cAMP.

Cell Culture and Transfection: HEK293 and COS7-cells were cultured in DMEM containing 10% FBS in a humidified atmosphere at 37° C. with 5% C02 (Sigma-Aldritch, Germany). For experiments, cells were seeded onto 6- or 10-cm plates and cultured for 1-3 days to 60-80% confluency. Cells were transfected with 1-2.5 pg of receptor constructs for 24-48 h using Lipofectamine 2000 (Thermo Fisher Scientific) according to the manufacturer's instructions, or alternatively, using linear 25-kDa polyethyleneimine (Polysciences). Both reagents were used at 1:3 DNA to reagent ratio.

cAMP and cGMP Accumulation Measured by HTRF®: Intracellular cAMP/cGMP levels were measured using a homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence (HTRF®) cAMP/cGMP Gs dynamic assay kit (CisBio Bioassays). Forty-eight hours post-transfection cells were detached and seeded into white 384-well microplates with 1,000 cells/well in 5 μl of stimulation buffer (DMEM, 1 mM 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), 0.2% BSA). For their stimulation, μl/well of the stimulation buffer containing appropriate doses of either naked peptide hormone or glycosylated variants were added. Then, cells were incubated for 30 min at 37° C. followed by lysis by addition of 5 μl/well of each of the supplied conjugate-lysis buffer containing d2-labeled cAMP/cGMP and Europium cryptate-labeled anti-cAMP/cGMP antibody, both reconstituted according to the manufacturer's instructions. Plates were incubated for 1 h in the dark at room temperature and time-resolved fluorescence signals were excited at 340 nm and measured at 620 and 665 nm, respectively using the EnSpire Multilabel Reader (PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences). The cAMP/cGMP generated was interpolated from a cAMP standard curve generated in parallel for each experiment.

IP-1 Accumulation Measured by HTRF®: Intracellular IP-1 levels were measured, similarly to cAMP, using a homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence (HTRF®) IP-1 Gq assay kit (CisBio Bioassays). This assay is dependent on co-transfection of the receptor with a chimeric G-protein to obtain sufficient signal of the Gq pathway. In this assay NPY2R was used together with Gqo5. Forty-eight hours post-transfection cells were detached and seeded into white 384-well microplates with 10,000 cells/well in 7 μl of supplied stimulation buffer supplemented with 0.1% BSA. For stimulation, 7 μl/well of the supplemented stimulation buffer containing appropriate doses of either naked peptide hormone or glycosylated variants were added. Then, cells were incubated for 2 h at 37° C. followed by lysis by addition of 3 μl/well of each of the supplied conjugate-lysis buffer containing d2-labeled IP-1 and Europium cryptate-labeled anti-IP-1 antibody, both reconstituted according to the manufacturer's instructions. Plates were incubated for 1 h in the dark at room temperature and time-resolved fluorescence signals were excited at 340 nm and measured at 620 and 665 nm, respectively using the EnSpire Multilabel Reader (PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences). The IP-1 generated was interpolated from a IP-1 standard curve generated in parallel for each experiment.

Example 10 O-Glycans on VIP Modulate Receptor Activation.

The two VIP/PACAP receptors (VPAC1 and VPAC2) show comparable affinities for VIP^(52,86), thus the present inventors selected VPAC1 for analysis of VIP binding and activation. In this assay VIP exhibited a potency of 0.2 nM and 0.4 for VPAC1 & 2 respectively, which is in good agreement with previous studies. VIP with one O-glycan (GalNAc/Tn) at residue 7 (VIP-Thr7/Tn) showed a 581-fold decrease in potency to 102 nM for VPAC1 (FIG. 5A) and a 681-fold decrease to 242 nM for VPAC2 (FIG. 5B). Elongation of the O-glycan on VIP to T and ST structures changed the potency to 44 nM and 74 nM, respectively for VPAC1 and 130 and 244 nM respectively for VPAC2 (FIG. 8).

Example 11 O-Glycans on Secretin Modulate Receptor Activation.

Secretin binds and signals exclusively through the secretin receptor (SCTR), and in our assay secretin had a potency of 0.1 nM for SCTR, comparable to values found in previous studies, whereas secretin with a single O-glycan (GalNAc/Tn) at residue 7 (Secretin-Thr7-Tn) decreased the potency 2200-fold to 205 nM. Elongation of the glycan on secretin to T and ST structures further reduced potency 1-7 fold for each elongation step to 292 nM and 1932 nM, respectively (FIG. 5C).

Example 12 O-Glycans on GLP-1 Modulates Receptor Activation.

GLP-1 binds and signals exclusively through the GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R), and in our assay GLP-1 showed a potency of 0.04 nM for GLP-1R, comparable to values found in previous studies. Elongation of the glycan at position 7 on GLP-1 to T, ST and diST (GLP1-Thr7/Tn/T/diST) further reduced potency approximately 20-40 fold fold for each elongation step to 253 nM, 266 nM, and 461 nM, respectively (FIG. 5D and FIG. 8).

Example 13 O-Glycans on Glucagon Modulates Receptor Activation.

As with GLP-1 and the GLP-1R, Glucagon binds and signals exclusively through the glucagon receptor (GCGR). The non-glycosylated glucagon showed a potency of 1.29 nM in line with previous literature. Upon introducing a Tn-glycoform at Thr7 (Glucagon-Thr7/Tn), the potency is decreased almost a 100-fold to 126 nM. This potency is reduced 5 times further when elongating to T (667.9 nM). However, the introduction of sialic acid (ST) did not significantly influence the potency further compared to the non-sialylated T-structure (615.7 nM). Importantly, removal of the glycan from the T-glycosylated glucagon restored the potency to the non-glycosylated levels eliciting an EC50 of 1,235 nM (FIG. 5E and FIG. 8).

Example 14 O-Glycans on NPY, PYY and PPY Modulate Receptor Activation.

The NPY family peptide hormones activate members of the NPY receptor family (Y1, Y2, Y4, and Y5), where mature NPY (1-36) and PYY (1-36) preferentially binds Y1, Y2 and Y5, and PPY preferentially binds Y4. The Y1 receptor seem to have strict requirements for the N-terminal part of the peptides as N-terminal truncation gradually decreases affinity for NPY. In contrast the Y2 receptor is more sensitive to alterations in the C-terminus of NPY and PYY and single amino acid substitutions in the C-terminus can lower affinity for the Y2 receptor⁸⁷.

The present inventors developed a receptor assay for the binding study of the NPY family to the four known receptors. As expected according to reference values in the literature PYY, NPY, had respective potencies (EC50-values) of 0.47 nM and 2.16 nM at NPY1R, 0.34 nM and 4.11 nM at receptor NPY2R, 11.35 nM and 199.9 nM at receptor NPY4R, and 12.04 and 15.03 nM at receptor NPY5R (FIGS. 5F-M and FIG. 8). Introduction of a Tn-glycan on position Thr32 in NPY (NPY-Thr32/Tn) inferred a 118-fold and 37-fold decrease in potency at receptor NPY2R and NPY5R, respectively (FIGS. 5H&J) whereas receptor potencies at NPY4R and NPY5R was decreased to a level beyond the assayed range. Even though the receptor activation at these receptors did not did not reach Emax within the assayed range, activity was still observable which indicates potencies in terms of EC50-values that are above 1 pM. NPY-Thr32/T and NPY-Thr32-ST exhibited minimal activation and did not reach Emax within the assayed range at all receptors, thus indicating potencies in terms of EC50-values above 1 pM (FIGS. 5 F & H & J & L). As with NPY, Introduction of a Tn-glycan on position Thr32 in PYY inferred a 61-fold (249.2 nM) and 37-fold (556.7 nM) decrease in potency at receptors NPY2R and NPY5R, respectively (FIGS. 5I & K) whereas receptor activation at NPY4R and NPY5R was only retained to a minimal degree indicating potencies at levels above 1 μM. PYY-Thr32/T and PYY-Thr32/ST exhibited minimal activation and did not reach Emax in the assayed range at all receptors, thus indicating potencies in terms of EC50-values above 1 pM (FIGS. 5 G & I & K & M). Data is summarized in FIG. 8. A receptor preference shift was thus observed for both PYY and NPY when incorporating Tn at position 32, where the glycosylated peptide hormones activates the receptor in the following order NPY2R>NPY5R>>NPY1R>NPY4R upon increasing levels of agonist, whereas their non-glycosylated counterparts activates the receptors in a different order, namely: NPY2R>NPY1R>NPY5R>NPY4R for NPY and NPY1R>NPY2R>NPY5R>NPY4R for PYY.

Example 15 O-Glycans on ANP Modulate Receptor Activation.

ANP exerts its physiological effects mainly via the NPR-A receptor but binds also to NPR-C. NPR-C, however, is mainly regarded a clearance receptor thus the present inventors selected NPR-A for ANP binding and activation.

In this assay ANP exhibited a potency of 0.9 nM for NPR-A, which is in good agreement with previous studies⁸⁸. ANP with one O-glycan (GalNAc/Tn) at residue 19 or 25 showed a 63- and 139-fold decrease in potency to 57 and 125 nM, respectively, whereas simultaneous O-glycans at residue 19 and 25 completely dismiss receptor activation. Elongation of the O-glycan on ANP residue 19 to T, ST and diST further reduced the potency 3- to 50-fold to 160 nM and 296 nM and 2699 nM, respectively. Elongation of the O-glycan on ANP residue 25 to T, ST and diST further reduced the potency 2- to 3-fold to 265 nM and 717 nM and 460 nM respectively (FIGS. 5N and 5O). O-glycans on ANP residue 19 resulted in approximately 20% reduction in efficacy and O-glycans on ANP residue 25 resulted in approximately 20% increase in efficacy.

In summary, all peptide hormones with O-glycans attached at one or more specific sites elicited a right-shifted full, partial agonist or superagonist response positively correlated to glycan size.

Example 16 O-Glycans Modulate Peptide Hormone Stability In Vitro

Many peptide hormones are destined for endocrine circulation where they are rapidly degraded with half-lives reaching only a few minutes⁶⁻⁸. The present inventors have previously demonstrated that O-glycans in close proximity to proteolytic processing sites can modulate the rate of processing³³. To study if O-glycosylation of peptide hormones altered the inherent proteolytic instability of this class of biomolecules, the present inventors subjected selected glycopeptide hormones to ex vivo degradation assays using human plasma and in vitro degradation using neprilysin (NEP), insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) and dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) enzymes known to degrade peptide hormones and other bioactive peptides in vivo including ANP, GLP-1, PYY, VIP, Secretin and Galanin^(89,90) (FIGS. 6 and 7). The degradation pattern was monitored by MALDI-TOF analysis in a time-course assay with timepoints from 15 minutes to up to 24 hrs.

Degradation Assay:

For enzymatic degradation assays using either NEP or DPP-IV (R&D systems, UK), an enzyme titration was carried out to ensure full degradation within one hour of reaction time. 15 pM of non-glycosylated peptide substrate and either 50 mM Tris, pH 9, 0.05% Brij for NEP or 50 mM Tris, pH 8 for DPP-IV was treated with varying enzyme amounts in a total volume of 10 μL incubated at 37° C. The degradation assay of the three glycoforms (Tn, T and ST) was performed under same reaction-parameters along with the non-glycosylated peptide (four separate reactions). The following amounts of enzyme were used for NEP reactions: 150 pg/pL enzyme for VIP, Galanin, secretin and their glycoforms, 20 ng/pL for PYY and its glycoforms. 4 and 10 ng/pL DPIV was used for the degradation of VIP+glycoforms and PYY+glycoforms respectively. For ex vivo plasma degradation assays, plasma was diluted to a final concentration of 20% plasma, 50 mM Tris (pH 7.7) and degradation of 15 pM (glyco-) peptide substrate was investigated. Degradation was carried out at 37° C. and several aliquots were taken between 0 minutes and 24 hours and degradation was monitored by MALDI-TOF-MS.

MALDI-TOF-MS was performed on a Bruker Autoflex instrument (Bruker Daltonik GmbH, Bremen, Germany) by mixing the quenched aliquots with a saturated solution of α-Cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid in ACN/H₂O/TFA (70:30:0.1) at a ratio 1:1 on a target steel plate and mass-spectra were acquired in linear mode.

Example 17 O-Glycans on ANP Modulate Stability In Vitro

For the degradation assays with (glyco-)ANP, the amount of recombinant enzyme used was optimized to fully digest the naked peptide of interest within one hour of incubation at 37° C. In vitro cleavage activity was assayed by adding 2.5 ng Neprilysin (R&D Systems) or 125 ng Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE, R&D Systems) to 813 pmol peptide or glycopeptide substrate in a total volume of 25 μL. Reactions were performed in 50 mM Tris, 0.05% Brij-35, pH 9 (Neprilysin), or 50 mM Tris, 20 mM NaCl, pH 7.5 (IDE) and incubated at 37° C. Product development was evaluated after 15 min, 30 min, 60 min, and 24 hours by MALDI-TOF and reverse-phase HPLC (C18). Neprilysin degraded ANP completely within 15 min, whereas and ANP-S25/Tn were degraded slower with residual full length ANP-S19/Tn detectable even after 60 min and residual ANP-S25/Tn detectable after 15 min. Residual ANP-S19/Tn, -S25/Tn was detectable after 30 min. After 1 hour, non-modified ANP was completely degraded whereas major degradation products of ANP-S19/Tn and ANP-S19/Tn, -S25/Tn remained detectable even after 24 hours incubation (FIG. 6A). In a similar time-course with insulin-degrading enzyme, ANP was completely degraded within 15 min, whereas ANP-S19/Tn and ANP-S25/Tn remained partly as full length glycopeptides after 30-60 minutes. Interestingly, ANP-S19/Tn, -S25/Tn was degraded within 15 minutes (FIG. 6B).

Example 18 O-Glycans on Secretin Modulate Stability In Vitro

In a similar manner, NEP completely degraded Secretin 1-27 to 1-22 within 60 minutes. Also here, glycosylation had a protective effect such that Thr34-Tn remained intact after 60 min and Thr34-T after 120 minutes. Again, sialylated Secretin Thr34-ST appeared resistant to NEP degradation even after 24 hrs (FIGS. 7A and 7C).

Example 19 O-Glycans on Galanin Modulate Stability In Vitro

Nonglycosylated Galanin 1-27 was degraded by NEP within 60 minutes whereas the Ser23-Tn and -T extended glycoforms were degraded after 120 min. The sialylated Galanin-Ser55/ST variant remained intact even after 24 hrs in solution suggesting that sialylation of Galanin is necessary for complete protection from NEP degradation, at least in vitro (FIGS. 7B and 7C).

Example 20 O-Glycans on VIP Increase Stability In Vitro

NEP cleaves VIP sequentially at Asp3/Ala4 then Phe6/Thr7, Lys21/Tyr22 and ultimately at Ala18/Val19 in vitro (FIG. 7 for a summary). Non-glycosylated VIP peptide was completely degraded after 15 minutes with NEP treatment whereas Thr7-Tn glycosylated VIP remained partially intact after 15 minutes, Thr7-T glycosylated VIP remained partially intact after 30 minutes and VIP-Thr7/ST remained completely intact after 60 minutes (FIGS. 7B and 7C).

Example 21 O-Glycans on VIP Increase Stability In Vitro

DPP-IV also degrades VIP both in vivo and in vitro initially cleaving off two N-terminal amino acids Ser2/Asp3, then cleaves at Ala4/Val5 and lastly C-terminally at Tyr22/Leu23. Where the non-glycosylated VIP, Thr7-Tn and Thr7-T glycosylated VIP were degraded equally fast within 60 minutes, the sialylated VIP-Thr7/ST remained fully intact after 30 minutes and partially intact after 60 minutes (FIGS. 7B and 7C).

Example 22 O-Glycans on PYY Increase Stability In Vitro

NEP cleaves PYY at 4 positions at Tyr20/Tyr21, Ser23/Leu24, His26/Tyr27 and Leu30/Val31 in a sequence the present inventors were not able to decide. However whereas non-glycosylated PYY was degraded after 15 minutes all three PYY-Thr32/Tn/T/ST glycosylated peptides remained intact up to 120 minutes (FIGS. 7B and 7C).

Example 23 O-Glycans on PYY Increase Stability In Vitro

DPP-IV cleaves PYY both in vivo and in vitro N-terminally at Pro2/Ile3. Subjecting the non-glycosylated and Thr32 glycopeptide variants to in vitro DPPIV degradation revealed that where Tn- and T-glycosylation had no effect on DPP-IV activity Thr32/ST weakly protected the peptide from N-terminal degradation (FIGS. 7B and 7C).

Example 24 O-Glycans on PYY Increase Stability Ex Vivo

PYY is quickly removed from circulation due to the action of a number of proteases. To approximate in vivo conditions the present inventors chose to analyse PYY degradation using human plasma ex vivo. In plasma PYY is degraded both N-terminally at Pro2/Ile3 and Pro5/Glu6 and C-terminally at Gln34/Arg35 and where O-glycans at residue Thr32 (Thr32/Tn/T/ST) had no effect on the N-terminal degradation, as seen for the in vitro DPP-IV degradation, the present inventors observed full protection from the C-terminal degradation up to 24 hours of the PYY-Thr32/Tn/T/ST glycosylated PYY peptides whereas the non-glycosylated peptide was C-terminally degraded only after 1 hour (FIGS. 7B and 7C).

Example 25 O-Glycans on GLP-1₇₋₃₆ Increase Stability In Vitro and Predicts Increased Stability in Vivo

DPP-IV is one of the primary enzymes degrading GLP-1₇₋₃₆ (from hereon GLP-1) in the circulation in vivo⁹¹. DPP-IV removes the two N-terminal amino acids by cleaving between Ala2/Ser3 both in vitro and in vivo thus inactivating GLP-1, and mutating this DPP-IV cleavage site greatly enhances GLP-1 half-life in vivo⁹². Due to this link, DPP-IV inhibitors have successfully been used therapeutically to enhance the effects of endogenous GLP-1⁹¹. To test the effect of glycosylation in close proximity to the DPP-IV cleavage site we incubated GLP-1 with and without glycans with DPP-IV in vitro. Where the non-glycosylated GLP-1 was fully degraded after 30 minutes incubation with equimolar amounts of monoglycosylated GLP-1-Thr5/Tn and GLP-1-Thr7/Tn and equimolar amounts of GLP-1-Thr5/T or GLP-1-Thr7/T were protected against degradation until 120 minutes incubation. Equimolar amounts of the sialylated monoglycosylated GLP-1-Thr5/ST or GLP-1-Thr7/ST remained fully intact until the 120 minute-timepoint and small amounts of intact silaylated GLP-1 was detectable even after 24 h of incubation. The large body of literature on DPP-IV resistant GLP-1 analogs⁹¹⁻⁹³ taken together with the presented data on Tn, T or ST glycosylated GLP-1, predict that the GLP-1 decorated with either GalNAc (Tn), Gal-GalNAc (T) or Sialyl-GalGalNAc on positions Thr5 or Thr7 has an extended half-life in vivo. Results are summarized in FIG. 7C.

NEP also play a role in the degradation of GLP-1 in the circulation, and it has been suggested that NEP is responsible for up to 50% of the degradation of GLP-1⁹³. In our in vitro assay, NEP cleaves GLP-1 initially at Trp25/Leu26 followed by a second cleavage at Glu21/Phe22 consistent with NEP cleavage sites on GLP-1 reported earlier⁹⁴ (FIG. 7C for a summary). Non-glycosylated GLP-1 peptide was completely degraded after 60-minutes whereas a equimolar amounts monoglycosylated GLP-₁-Thr5/Tn and GLP-₁-Thr7/Tn remained partially intact after 60 minutes when treated with same amount of NEP. When elongating the glycan structure, equimolar amounts of GLP-1-Thr5/T or GLP-1-Thr7/T remained partially intact after 60 minutes. Equimolar amounts of GLP-1-Thr5/ST or GLP1-Thr7/ST remained completely intact after 60 minutes incubation indicating that either glycosite provide protection of the peptide hormone from NEP-mediated degradation. Small amounts of sialylated GLP-1 was still detectable after 20 h of incubation. Results are summarized in FIG. 7C.

Example 26 O-Glycans on PYY and VIP are Present in Low Stoichiometry in Porcine Intestinal Extracts

Where the shotgun glycoproteomics strategy is designed to sequence and identify individual O-glycosylation sites it does not allow us to determine site occupancy in a given protein, i.e what is the proportion of glycosylated protein in the total pool of that protein in a given system (e.g. blood, lymph fluid, cell lysate, tissue etc.). To answer this question the present inventors developed a technique to quantify endogenous glycopeptides using either sensitive LC-MS or radioimmunaassay (RIA). Using extracted proteins from pig ileum the present inventors separated proteins from glycoproteins using Jacalin-LWAC and quantified non-glycosylated and glycosylated PYY using either a sensistive PYY-RIA⁹⁵ or in the case of VIP, sensitive LC-MS by comparing to isotope labelled standards in the form of in vitro synthesized (glyco-)VIP. In order to prepare the extract for mass spectrometry, the extracted proteins as well as the standards were digested with trypsin prior to Jacalin-LWAC in the case of LC-MS analysis of site occupancy on VIP.

The present inventors identified approximately 1% glycosylated PYY-Thr32/T and VIP-Thr7-T in porcine ileum tissue ethanol extracts confirming that (sialylated)-T-PYY and -VIP exist in the porcine intestine presumably at a concentration approximately two orders of magnitude below the non-glycosylated.

Example 27 O-Glycans on ANP Confer Retained and Prolonged Differential Agonist Effect In Vivo

To evaluate the function of O-glycans on ANP in vivo we investigated the cGMP generating, renal and blood pressure actions of equimolar dose (600 pmol/kg/min) ANP-Ser19/ST or ANP-Ser25/ST [n=4/group] in male Sprague Dawley rats (250-350 grams; Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, Mass.). The protocol is outlined in FIG. 9A.

Anesthesia in rats was induced with 133 mg/kg i.p. inactin (Sigma, St Louis, Mo.) and rats were maintained on a heating pad for 1 hour until completely anesthetized. Rats were then subjected to vessel and bladder cannulation for peptide infusion, BP measurement, blood sampling and urine collection. A polyethylene (PE)-5G tube catheter was placed into the jugular vein for inulin, peptide intravenous infusion. The carotid artery was cannulated with a PE-50 tube catheter for BP measurement (Sonometrics, London, Ontario, Canada) and blood sampling. The bladder was accessed and cannulated with a PE-50 tube catheter for passive urine collection. After completion of the above procedural set up, a 45 min equilibration period was performed that included continuous IV inulin and saline infusion. After the 45 min equilibration period, baseline (Time==Q min) parameters were recorded and one blood sampling (0.7 ml) was performed. The inulin and saline infusion was replaced by a continuous intravenously (i.v.) infusion of equimolar ANP-Ser19/ST or ANP-Ser25/ST for 60 min. The infusion rate was weight adjusted and equals weight*0.7/6000 ml/min. After 60 min infusion (Time=60 min), another blood sampling (0.7 ml) was conducted. A post-infusion clearance (Time=90 min) was performed for 30 min. At the end of the study, blood was collected to determine plasma ANP and cGMP levels and to calculate glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Urine was collected at the end of the infusion (Time=60 min) and the study (Time=90 min). Urinary sodium was measured with pHOx Ultra (Nova Biomedical, Waltham, Mass.). Urine flow (UV) and urinary sodium excretion (UNaV) were calculated as urine volume or sodium clearance per min, Inulin concentrations were measured with enthrone method and inulin clearance was used for GFR quantification. Urinary cGMP and ANP excretion rate was calculated based on raw values obtained in the urine and UV.

In Vivo Cardiovascular and Renal Actions

Infusion with ANP, ANP-Ser19/ST and ANP-Ser25/ST resulted in decrease in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and increase in plasma cGMP over the 60 minutes infusion period (FIG. 9B). In the following 30 minutes clearance period, in rats infused with ANP, the MAP rebounded whereas the glycosylated ANP (ANP-Ser19/ST or ANP-Ser25/ST) variants produced a sustained or further reduced in MAP.

Infusion with ANP resulted in an 4-5 fold increase in urine volume (UV) measured after 60 minutes (FIG. 9C) and a 5-10 fold increase in urinary sodium excretion (UNaV) (FIG. 9D) after 90 minutes. After a clearance period of 30 minutes the UV was normalized. In striking contrast infusion with ANP-Ser19/ST and ANP-Ser25/ST did not result in increased diuresis nor natriuresis and remained constant at 11-18 uL/min. (FIG. 9D).

Example 28 O-Glycans on ANP Increase Stability In Vivo

The sustained cardiovascular effect seen with ANP-Ser19/ST and ANP-Ser25/ST suggested that the glycosylated peptides circulate longer compared to the non-glycosylated ANP. Measuring plasma ANP after 90 minutes demonstrated that the non-glycosylated ANP circulated at low concentrations (mean, 148 ng/mL) whereas ANP-Ser19/ST and ANP-Ser25/ST was still present at 17-33 fold higher concentrations (FIG. 9E). Further supporting an increased stability the present inventors could measure both ANP-Ser19/ST and ANP-Ser25/ST at concentrations 41-74 fold higher than ANP in the urine after 90 minutes (FIG. 9F).

Comparison of Identified Glycosylated Peptide Hormones to Published Glycosylated Peptide Hormones

A number of pro-peptide hormones have been reported to be O-glycosylated on the pro-part (non-matured) (pro-brain natriuretic peptide (proBNP), POMC, proglucagon and kininogen). Very recently, two reports describing mature insulin, somatostatin and amylin as well as calcitonin O-glycosylation were released^(13,83). Apart from these, only adiponectin has been described as being O-glycosylated before in mammalian studies.

Definition of Peptide Hormones/Neuropeptides/Regulatory Peptides

Peptide hormones, regulatory peptides or neuropeptides are bioactive peptides that are approximately 3-100 amino acids long. They are involved in cell-cell signaling where they can bind and activate highly specific peptide hormone receptors upon binding.

TABLE 4 (Human peptide hormones the SEQ ID Nos. of which are disclosed in Tables 6A to 6E infra) ID Sequence Length Family Name NP00002 SVPHFSDEDKDPE 13 7B2 C-terminal peptide (By similarity) NP00012 YSPRTPDRVSEADIQRLLHGVMEQLGIARPRVEYPAHQAMNLVGPQSIEGGAHEGL 186 7B2 Neuroendocrine protein 7B2 QHLGPFGNIPNIVAELTGDNIPKDFSEDQGYPDPPNPCPVGKTADDGCLENTPDTAE FSREFQLHQHLFDPEHDYPGLGKWNKKLLYEKMKGGERRKRRSVNPYLQGQRLD NVVAKKSVPHFSDEDKDPE NP00013 YSPRTPDRVSEADIQRLLHGVMEQLGIARPRVEYPAHQAMNLVGPQSIEGGAHEGL 150 7B2 N-terminal peptide (By QHLGPFGNIPNIVAELTGDNIPKDFSEDQGYPDPPNPCPVGKTADDGCLENTPDTAE similarity) FSREFQLHQHLFDPEHDYPGLGKWNKKLLYEKMKGGE NP00026 MALQADFDRAAEDVRKLKARPDDGELKELYGLYKQAIVGDINIACPGMLDLKGK 88 ACBP Acyl-CoA-binding domain- AKWEAWNLKKGLSTEDATSAYISKAKELIEKYGI containing protein 7 NP00034 SQAEFEKAAEEVRHLKTKPSDEEMLFIYGHYKQATVGDINTERPGMLDFTGKAKW 86 ACBP Acyl-CoA-binding protein DAWNELKGTSKEDAMKAYINKVEELKKKYGI NP00042 TQAQLLRVGCVLGTCQVQNLSHRLWQLMGPAGRQDSAPVDPSSPHSY 47 Adrenomedullin Adrenomedullin-2 (By similarity) NP00043 VGCVLGTCQVQNLSHRLWQLMGPAGRQDSAPVDPSSPHSY 40 Adrenomedullin Intermedin-short (Potential) NP00044 YRQSMNNFQGLRSFGCRFGTCTVQKLAHQIYQFTDKDKDNVAPRSKISPQGY 52 Adrenomedullin Adrenomedullin NP00045 ARLDVASEFRKKWNKWALSR 20 Adrenomedullin Proadrenomedullin N-20 terminal peptide NP00601 QRPRLSHKGPMPF 13 Apelin Apelin-13 (By similarity) NP00602 NGPGPWQGGRRKFRRQRPRLSHKGPMPF 28 Apelin Apelin-28 (By similarity) NP00603 GSRNGPGPWQGGRRKFRRQRPRLSHKGPMPF 31 Apelin Apelin-31 (By similarity) NP00604 LVQPRGSRNGPGPWQGGRRKFRRQRPRLSHKGPMPF 36 Apelin Apelin-36 (By similarity) NP00790 VPLPAGGGTVLTKMYPRGNHWAVGHLM 27 Bombesin/neuromedin- Gastrin-releasing peptide B/ranatensin NP00791 GNHWAVGHLM 10 Bombesin/neuromedin- Neuromedin-C B/ranatensin NP00792 GNLWATGHFM 10 Bombesin/neuromedin- Neuromedin-B B/ranatensin NP00793 APLSWDLPEPRSRASKIRVHSRGNLWATGHFM 32 Bombesin/neuromedin- Neuromedin-B-32 B/ranatensin NP00811 RPPGFSPFR 9 Bradykinin Bradykinin NP00812 KRPPGFSPFR 10 Bradykinin Lysyl-bradykinin NP00813 ISLMKRPPGFSPFR 14 Bradykinin T-kinin NP00846 CGNLSTCMLGTYTQDFNKFHTFPQTAIGVGAP 32 Calcitonin Calcitonin NP00847 DMSSDLERDHRPHVSMPQNAN 21 Calcitonin Katacalcin NP00848 ACDTATCVTHRLAGLLSRSGGVVKNNFVPTNVGSKAF 37 Calcitonin Calcitonin gene-related peptide 1 NP00849 ACNTATCVTHRLAGLLSRSGGMVKSNFVPTNVGSKAF 37 Calcitonin Calcitonin gene-related peptide 2 NP00850 KCNTATCATQRLANFLVHSSNNFGAILSSTNVGSNTY 37 Calcitonin Islet amyloid polypeptide NP00869 QEDAELQPRALDIYSAVDDASHEKELIEALQEVLKKLKS 39 CART CART(1-39) NP00870 VPIYEKKYGQVPMCDAGEQCAVRKGARIGKLCDCPRGTSCNSFLLKCL 48 CART CART(42-89) NP00881 QEDAELQPRALDIYSAVDDASHEKELIEALQEVLKKLKSKRVPIYEKKYGQVPMCD 89 CART Cocaine- and amphetamine- AGEQCAVRKGARIGKLCDCPRGTSCNSFLLKCL regulated NP00904 QNDTEPIVLEGKCLVVCDSNPATDSKGSSSSPLGISVRAANSKVAFSAVRSTNHEPS 174 Cerebellins Cerebellin-4 EMSNKTRIIYFDQILVNVGNFFTLESVFVAPRKGIYSFSFHVIKVYQSQTIQVNLMLN GKPVISAFAGDKDVTREAATNGVLLYLDKEDKVYLKLEKGNLVGGWQYSTFSGFL VFPL NP00909 GSAKVAFSAIRSTNH 15 Cerebellins [des-Ser1]-cerebellin NP00910 SGSAKVAFSAIRSTNH 16 Cerebellins Cerebellin NP00911 QNETEPIVLEGKCLVVCDSNPTSDPTGTALGISVRSGSAKVAFSAIRSTNHEPSEMSN 172 Cerebellins Cerebellin-1 RTMIIYFDQVLVNIGNNFDSERSTFIAPRKGIYSFNFHVVKVYNRQTIQVSLMLNGW PVISAFAGDQDVTREAASNGVLIQMEKGDRAYLKLERGNLMGGWKYSTFSGFLVF PL NP00912 QNDTEPIVLEGKCLVVCDSSPSADGAVTSSLGISVRSGSAKVAFSATRSTNHEPSEM 173 Cerebellins Cerebellin-2 SNRTMTIYFDQVLVNIGNHFDLASSIFVAPRKGIYSFSFHVVKVYNRQTIQVSLMQN GYPVISAFAGDQDVTREAASNGVLLLMEREDKVHLKLERGNLMGGWKYSTFSGF LVFPL NP00913 QEGSEPVLLEGECLVVCEPGRAAAGGPGGAALGEAPPGRVAFAAVRSHHHEPAGE 173 Cerebellins Cerebellin-3 TGNGTSGAIYFDQVLVNEGGGFDRASGSFVAPVRGVYSFRFHVVKVYNRQTVQVS LMLNTWPVISAFANDPDVTREAATSSVLLPLDPGDRVSLRLRRGNLLGGWKYSSFS GFLIFPL NP00983 AYGFRGPGPQL 11 Chromogranin/ AL-11 secretogranin NP00984 LPVNSPMNKGDTEVMKCIVEVISDTLSKPSPMPVSQECFETLRGDERILSILRHQNLL 439 Chromogranin/ Chromogranin-A KELQDLALQGAKERAHQQKKHSGFEDELSEVLENQSSQAELKEAVEEPSSKDVME secretogranin KREDSKEAEKSGEATDGARPQALPEPMQESKAEGNNQAPGEEEEEEEEATNTHPPA SLPSQKYPGPQAEGDSEGLSQGLVDREKGLSAEPGWQAKREEEEEEEEEAEAGEEA VPEEEGPTVVLNPHPSLGYKEIRKGESRSEALAVDGAGKPGAEEAQDPEGKGEQEH SQQKEEEEEMAVVPQGLFRGGKSGELEQEEERLSKEWEDSKRWSKMDQLAKELT AEKRLEGQEEEEDNRDSSMKLSFRARAYGFRGPGPQLRRGWRPSSREDSLEAGLPL QVRGYPEEKKEEEGSANRRPEDQELESLSAIEAELEKVAHQLQALRRG NP00985 EDSKEAEKSGEATDGARPQALPEPMQESKAEGNNQAPGEEEEEEEEATNTHPPASL 92 Chromogranin/ EA-92 PSQKYPGPQAEGDSEGLSQGLVDREKGLSAEPGWQA secretogranin NP00986 EEEGSANRRPEDQELESLSAIEAELEKVAHQLQALRR 37 Chromogranin/ ER-37 secretogranin NP00987 EEEEEEEEEAEAGEEAVPEEEGPTVVLNPHPSL 33 Chromogranin/ ES-43 secretogranin NP00988 GYPEEKKEEEGSANRRPEDQELESLSAIEAELEKVAHQLQALRR 44 Chromogranin/ GR-44 secretogranin NP00989 GWRPSSREDSLEAGLPLQV 19 Chromogranin/ GV-19 secretogranin NP00990 LEGQEEEEDNRDSSMKLSF 19 Chromogranin/ LF-19 secretogranin NP00991 SEALAVDGAGKPGAEEAQDPEGKGEQEHSQQKEEEEEMAVVPQGLFRG 48 Chromogranin/ Pancreastatin secretogranin NP00992 SGELEQEEERLSKEWEDS 18 Chromogranin/ SS-18 secretogranin NP00993 LPVNSPMNKGDTEVMKCIVEVISDTLSKPSPMPVSQECFETLRGDERILSILRHQNLL 76 Chromogranin/ Vasostatin-1 KELQDLALQGAKERAHQQ secretogranin NP00994 LPVNSPMNKGDTEVMKCIVEVISDTLSKPSPMPVSQECFETLRGDERILSILRHQNLL 113 Chromogranin/ Vasostatin-2 KELQDLALQGAKERAHQQKKHSGFEDELSEVLENQSSQAELKEAVEEPSSKDVME secretogranin NP00995 WSKMDQLA 8 Chromogranin/ WA-8 secretogranin NP00996 WSKMDQLAKELTAE 14 Chromogranin/ WE-14 secretogranin NP00997 SAEFPDFYDSEEPVSTHQEAENEKDRADQTVLTEDEKKELENLAAMDLELQKIAEK 57 Chromogranin/ CCB peptide F secretogranin NP00998 FLGEGHHRVQENQMDKARRHPQGAWKELDRNYLNYGEEGAPGKWQQQGDLQD 74 Chromogranin/ GAWK peptide TKENREEARFQDKQYSSHHTAE secretogranin NP00999 MPVDNRNHNEGMVTRCIIEVLSNALSKSSAPPITPECRQVLKTSRKDVKDKETTEN 657 Chromogranin/ Secretogranin-1 ENTKFEVRLLRDPADASEAHESSSRGEAGAPGEEDIQGPTKADTEKWAEGGGHSRE secretogranin RADEPQWSLYPSDSQVSEEVKTRHSEKSQREDEEEEEGENYQKGERGEDSSEEKHL EEPGETQNAFLNERKQASAIKKEELVARSETHAAGHSQEKTHSREKSSQESGEETG SQENHPQESKGQPRSQEESEEGEEDATSEVDKRRTRPRHHHGRSRPDRSSQGGSLPS EEKGHPQEESEESNVSMASLGEKRDHHSTHYRASEEEPEYGEEIKGYPGVQAPEDL EWERYRGRGSEEYRAPRPQSEESWDEEDKRNYPSLELDKMAHGYGEESEEERGLE PGKGRHHRGRGGEPRAYFMSDTREEKRFLGEGHHRVQENQMDKARRHPQGAWK ELDRNYLNYGEEGAPGKWQQQGDLQDTKENREEARFQDKQYSSHHTAEKRKRLG ELFNPYYDPLQWKSSHFERRDNMNDNFLEGEEENELTLNEKNFFPEYNYDWWEK KPFSEDVNWGYEKRNLARVPKLDLKRQYDRVAQLDQLLHYRKKSAEFPDFYDSE EPVSTHQEAENEKDRADQTVLTEDEKKELENLAAMDLELQKIAEKFSQRG NP01000 QRNQLLQKEPDLRLENVQKFPSPEMIRALEYIENLRQQAHKEESSPDYNPYQGVSV 587 Chromogranin/ Secretogranin-2 PLQQKENGDESHLPERDSLSEEDWMRIILEALRQAENEPQSAPKENKPYALNSEKN secretogranin FPMDMSDDYETQQWPERKLKHMQFPPMYEENSRDNPFKRTNEIVEEQYTPQSLAT LESVFQELGKLTGPNNQKRERMDEEQKLYTDDEDDIYKANNIAYEDVVGGEDWN PVEEKIESQTQEEVRDSKENIEKNEQINDEMKRSGQLGIQEEDLRKESKDQLSDDVS KVIAYLKRLVNAAGSGRLQNGQNGERATRLFEKPLDSQSIYQLIEISRNLQIPPEDLI EMLKTGEKPNGSVEPERELDLPVDLDDISEADLDHPDLFQNRMLSKSGYPKTPGRA GTEALPDGLSVEDILNLLGMESAANQKTSYFPNPYNQEKVLPRLPYGAGRSRSNQL PKAAWIPHVENRQMAYENLNDKDQELGEYLARMLVKYPEIINSNQVKRVPGQGSS EDDLQEEEQIEQAIKEHLNQGSSQETDKLAPVSKRFPVGPPKNDDTPNRQYWDEDL LMKVLEYLNQEKAEKGREHIAKRAMENM NP01001 TNEIVEEQYTPQSLATLESVFQELGKLTGPNNQ 33 Chromogranin/ Secretoneurin secretogranin NP01002 FPKPGGSQDKSLHNRELSAERPLNEQIAEAEEDKIKKTYPPENKPGQSNYSFVDNLN 449 Chromogranin/ Secretogranin-3 LLKAITEKEKIEKERQSIRSSPLDNKLNVEDVDSTKNRKLIDDYDSTKSGLDHKFQD secretogranin DPDGLHQLDGTPLTAEDIVHKIAARIYEENDRAVFDKIVSKLLNLGLITESQAHTLE DEVAEVLQKLISKEANNYEEDPNKPTSWTENQAGKIPEKVTPMAAIQDGLAKGEN DETVSNTLTLTNGLERRTKTYSEDNFEELQYFPNFYALLKSIDSEKEAKEKETLITIM KTLIDFVKMMVKYGTISPEEGVSYLENLDEMIALQTKNKLEKNATDNISKLFPAPSE KSHEETDSTKEEAAKMEKEYGSLKDSTKDDNSNPGGKTDEPKGKTEAYLEAIRKNI EWLKKHDKKGNKEDYDLSKMRDFINKQADAYVEKGILDKEEAEAIKRIYSSL NP01097 QESQSEEIDCNDKDLFKAVDAALKKYNSQNQSNNQFVLYRITEATKTVGSDTFYSF 626 Cystatin Kininogen-1 KYEIKEGDCPVQSGKTWQDCEYKDAAKAATGECTATVGKRSSTKFSVATQTCQIT PAEGPVVTAQYDCLGCVHPISTQSPDLEPILRHGIQYFNNNTQHSSLFMLNEVKRAQ RQVVAGLNFRITYSIVQTNCSKENFLFLTPDCKSLWNGDTGECTDNAYIDIQLRIAS FSQNCDIYPGKDFVQPPTKICVGCPRDIPTNSPELEETLTHTITKLNAENNATFYFKID NVKKARVQVVAGKKYFIDFVARETTCSKESNEELTESCETKKLGQSLDCNAEVYV VPWEKKIYPTVNCQPLGMISLMKRPPGFSPFRSSRIGEIKEETTVSPPHTSMAPAQDE ERDSGKEQGHTRRHDWGHEKQRKHNLGHGHKHERDQGHGHQRGHGLGHGHEQ QHGLGHGHKFKLDDDLEHQGGHVLDHGHKHKHGHGHGKHKNKGKKNGKHNG WKTEHLASSSEDSTTPSAQTQEKTEGPTPIPSLAKPGVTVTFSDFQDSDLIATMMPPI SPAPIQSDDDWIPDIQIDPNGLSFNPISDFPDTTSPKCPGRPWKSVSEINPTTQMKESY YFDLTDGLS NP01098 QESQSEEIDCNDKDLFKAVDAALKKYNSQNQSNNQFVLYRITEATKTVGSDTFYSF 362 Cystatin Kininogen-1 heavy chain KYEIKEGDCPVQSGKTWQDCEYKDAAKAATGECTATVGKRSSTKFSVATQTCQIT PAEGPVVTAQYDCLGCVHPISTQSPDLEPILRHGIQYFNNNTQHSSLFMLNEVKRAQ RQVVAGLNFRITYSIVQTNCSKENFLFLTPDCKSLWNGDTGECTDNAYIDIQLRIAS FSQNCDIYPGKDFVQPPTKICVGCPRDIPTNSPELEETLTHTITKLNAENNATFYFKID NVKKARVQVVAGKKYFIDFVARETTCSKESNEELTESCETKKLGQSLDCNAEVYV VPWEKKIYPTVNCQPLGMISLMK NP01099 SSRIGEIKEETTVSPPHTSMAPAQDEERDSGKEQGHTRRHDWGHEKQRKHNLGHG 255 Cystatin Kininogen-1 light chain HKHERDQGHGHQRGHGLGHGHEQQHGLGHGHKFKLDDDLEHQGGHVLDHGHK HKHGHGHGKHKNKGKKNGKHNGWKTEHLASSSEDSTTPSAQTQEKTEGPTPIPSL AKPGVTVTFSDFQDSDLIATMMPPISPAPIQSDDDWIPDIQIDPNGLSFNPISDFPDTT SPKCPGRPWKSVSEINPTTQMKESYYFDLTDGLS NP01100 WGHE 4 Cystatin Low molecular weight growth-promoting factor NP01125 CSCSSLMDKECVYFCHLDIIWVNTPEHVVPYGLGSPRS 38 Endothelin/sarafotoxin Big endothelin-1 NP01126 CSCSSLMDKECVYFCHLDIIW 21 Endothelin/sarafotoxin Endothelin-1 NP01127 CSCSSWLDKECVYFCHLDIIW 21 Endothelin/sarafotoxin Endothelin-2 NP01128 CTCFTYKDKECVYYCHLDIIW 21 Endothelin/sarafotoxin Endothelin-3 NP01760 AGEGLNSQFWSLAAPQRF 18 FMRFamide related Neuropeptide AF peptide NP01761 FLFQPQRF 8 FMRFamide related Neuropeptide FF peptide NP01762 SQAFLFQPQRF 11 FMRFamide related Neuropeptide SF peptide NP01763 SLNFEELKDWGPKNVIKMSTPAVNKMPHSFANLPLRF 37 FMRFamide related Neuropeptide NPSF peptide (Potential) NP01764 VPNLPQRF 8 FMRFamide related Neuropeptide NPVF peptide NP01765 MPHSFANLPLRF 12 FMRFamide related Neuropeptide RFRP-1 peptide NP01766 SAGATANLPLRS 12 FMRFamide related Neuropeptide RFRP-2 peptide (Potential) NP02007 TPDINPAWYASRGIRPVGRF 20 FMRFamide related Prolactin-releasing peptide peptide PrRP20 NP02008 SRTHRHSMEIRTPDINPAWYASRGIRPVGRF 31 FMRFamide related Prolactin-releasing peptide peptide PrRP31 NP02025 GWTLNSAGYLLGPHAVGNHRSFSDKNGLTS 30 Galanin Galanin NP02026 ELRPEDDMKPGSFDRSIPENNIMRTIIEFLSFLHLKEAGALDRLLDLPAAASSEDIERS 59 Galanin Galanin message-associated peptide NP02040 APAHRGRGGWTLNSAGYLLGPVLHLPQMGDQDGKRETALEILDLWKAIDGLPYS 60 Galanin Galanin-like peptide HPPQPS NP02242 QPVPPADPAGSGLQRAEEAPRRQLRVSQRTDGESRAHLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGR 95 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin MSIVKNLQNLDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDFGRRSAEEYEYPS NP02243 ISDRDYMGWMDF 12 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-12 NP02244 LDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 18 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-18 (By similarity) NP02245 IVKNLQNLDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 25 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-25 (By similarity) NP02246 KAPSGRMSIVKNLQNLDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 33 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-33 NP02247 YIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQNLDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 39 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-39 NP02248 GWMDF 5 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-5 (By similarity) NP02249 VSQRTDGESRAHLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQNLDPSHRISDRDYMGW 58 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-58 MDF NP02250 VSQRTDGESRAHLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQNLDPSHRISD 49 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-58 desnonopeptide (By similarity) NP02251 YMGWMDF 7 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-7 (By similarity) NP02252 DYMGWMDF 8 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin-8 NP02253 QLGPQGPPHLVADPSKKQGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF 34 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Big gastrin NP02254 QGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF 17 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Gastrin NP02255 WLEEEEEAYGWMDF 14 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Gastrin-14 NP02256 DLELPWLEQQGPASHHRRQLGPQGPPHLVADPSKKQGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF 52 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Gastrin-52 NP02257 YGWMDF 6 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Gastrin-6 NP02258 SWKPRSQQPDAPLGTGANRDLELPWLEQQGPASHHRRQLGPQGPPHLVADPSKKQ 71 Gastrin/cholecystokinin Gastrin-71 GPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF NP02464 YAEGTFI S DYSIAMDKIHQQDFVNWLLAQKGKKNDWKHNITQ 42 Glucagon Gastric inhibitory polypeptide NP02465 RSLQDTEEKSRSFSASQADPLSDPDQMNEDKRHSQGTFTSDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQ 69 Glucagon Glicentin (By similarity) WLMNTKRNRNNIA NP02466 RSLQDTEEKSRSFSASQADPLSDPDQMNED 30 Glucagon Glicentin-related polypeptide (By similarity) NP02467 HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNT 29 Glucagon Glucagon NP02468 HDEFERHAEGTF TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGRG 37 Glucagon Glucagon-like peptide 1 NP02469 HAEGTF TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGR 30 Glucagon Glucagon-like peptide 1(7-36) NP02470 HAEGTF TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGRG 31 Glucagon Glucagon-like peptide 1(7-37) NP02471 HADGSF S DEMNTILDNLAARDFINWLIQTKITD 33 Glucagon Glucagon-like peptide 2 (By similarity) NP02472 HSQGTFTSDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNTKRNRNNIA 37 Glucagon Oxyntomodulin (By similarity) NP02473 DVAHGILNEAYRKVLDQLSAGKHLQSLVARGVGGSLGGGAGDDAEPLS 48 Glucagon PACAP-related peptide NP02474 HSDGIFTDSYSRYRKQMAVKKYLAAVL 27 Glucagon Pituitary adenylate cyclase- activating polypeptide 27 NP02475 HSDGIFTDSYSRYRKQMAVKKYLAAVLGKRYKQRVKNK 38 Glucagon Pituitary adenylate cyclase- activating polypeptide 38 NP02476 HSDGTF T SEL S RLREGARLQRLLQGLV 27 Glucagon Secretin NP02477 YADAIFTNSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSRQQGESNQERGARARL 44 Glucagon Somatoliberin NP02478 HADGVFTSDFSKLLGQLSAKKYLESLM 27 Glucagon Intestinal peptide PHM-27 NP02479 HADGVFTSDFSKLLGQLSAKKYLESLMGKRVSSNISEDPVPV 42 Glucagon Intestinal peptide PHV-42 NP02480 HSDAVF T DNYTRLRKQMAVKKYLNSILN 28 Glucagon Vasoactive intestinal peptide NP02572 DAENLIDSFQEIVKEVGQLAETQRFECTTHQPRSPLRDLKGALESLIEEETGQKKI 56 GnRH GnRH-associated peptide 1 NP02573 QHWSYGLRPG 10 GnRH Gonadoliberin-1 NP02574 QHWSYGLRPGGKRDAENLIDSFQEIVKEVGQLAETQRFECTTHQPRSPLRDLKGAL 69 GnRH Progonadoliberin-1 ESLIEEETGQKKI NP02575 ALSSAQDPQNALRPPGRALDTAAGSPVQTAHGLPSDALAPLDDSMPWEGRTTAQ 84 GnRH GnRH-associated peptide 2 WSLHRKRHLARTLLTAAREPRPAPPSSNKV NP02576 QHWSHGWYPG 10 GnRH Gonadoliberin-2 NP02577 QHWSHGWYPGGKRALSSAQDPQNALRPPGRALDTAAGSPVQTAHGLPSDALAPL 97 GnRH Progonadoliberin-2 DDSMPWEGRTTAQWSLHRKRHLARTLLTAAREPRPAPPSSNKV NP02765 GPETLCGAELVDALQFVCGDRGFYFNKPTGYGSSSRRAPQTGIVDECCFRSCDLRR 70 Insulin Insulin-like growth factor I LEMYCAPLKPAKSA NP02766 AYRPSETLCGGELVDTLQFVCGDRGFYFSRPASRVSRRSRGIVEECCFRSCDLALLE 67 Insulin Insulin-like growth factor II TYCATPAKSE NP02767 YRPSETLCGGELVDTLQFVCGDRGFYFSRPASRVSRRSRGIVEECCFRSCDLALLET 66 Insulin Insulin-like growth factor II YCATPAKSE Ala-25 Del NP02768 DVSTPPTVLPDNFPRYPVGKFFQYDTWKQSTQRL 34 Insulin Preptin NP02769 GIVEQCCTSICSLYQLENYCN 21 Insulin Insulin A chain NP02770 FVNQHLCGSHLVEALYLVCGERGFFYTPKT 30 Insulin Insulin B chain NP02771 PYVALFEKCCLIGCTKRSLAKYC 23 Insulin Relaxin A chain (By similarity) NP02772 VAAKWKDDVIKLCGRELVRAQIAICGMSTWS 31 Insulin Relaxin B chain (By similarity) NP02773 QLYSALANKCCHVGCTKRSLARFC 24 Insulin Relaxin A chain NP02774 DSWMEEVIKLCGRELVRAQIAICGMSTWS 29 Insulin Relaxin B chain NP02775 DVLAGLSSSCCKWGCSKSEISSLC 24 Insulin Relaxin-3 A chain (By similarity) NP02776 RAAPYGVRLCGREFIRAVIFTCGGSRW 27 Insulin Relaxin-3 B chain (By similarity) NP02840 YNWNSFGLRF 10 KISS1 Kisspeptin-10 NP02841 LPNYNWNSFGLRF 13 KISS1 Kisspeptin-13 NP02842 DLPNYNWNSFGLRF 14 KISS1 Kisspeptin-14 NP02843 EPLEKVASVGNSRPTGQQLESLGLLAPGEQSLPCTERKPAATARLSRRGTSLSPPPES 119 KISS1 Metastasis-suppressor KiSS-1 SGSPQQPGLSAPHSRQIPAPQGAVLVQREKDLPNYNWNSFGLRFGKREAAPGNHG RSAGRG NP02844 GTSLSPPPESSGSPQQPGLSAPHSRQIPAPQGAVLVQREKDLPNYNWNSFGLRF 54 KISS1 Metastin NP02870 VPIQKVQDDTKTLIKTIVTRINDISHTQSVSSKQKVTGLDFIPGLHPILTLSKMDQTL 146 Leptin Leptin AVYQQILTSMPSRNVIQISNDLENLRDLLHVLAFSKSCHLPWASGLETLDSLGGVLE ASGYSTEVVALSRLQGSLQDMLWQLDLSPGC NP02908 DFDMLRCMLGRVYRPCWQV 19 Melanin-concentrating Melanin-concentrating hormone hormone NP02909 EIGDEENSAKFPI 13 Melanin-concentrating Neuropeptide-glutamic acid- hormone isoleucine NP02910 GSVAFPAENGVQNTESTQE 19 Melanin-concentrating Neuropeptide-glycine- hormone glutamic acid(Potential) NP02937 ILLSASKSIRNLDDDMVFNTFRLGKGFQKEDTAEKSVIAPSLEQYKNDESSFMNEEE 144 Melanin-concentrating Pro-MCH NKVSKNTGSKHNFLNHGLPLNLAIKPYLALKGSVAFPAENGVQNTESTQEKREIGD hormone EENSAKFPIGRRDFDMLRCMLGRVYRPCWQV NP03000 GSSFLSPEHQRVQQRKESKKPPAKLQP 27 Motilin Ghrelins-27 NP03001 GSSFLSPEHQRVQQRKESKKPPAKLQPR 28 Motilin Ghrelins-28 NP03002 FNAPFDVGIKLSGVQYQQHSQAL 23 Motilin Obestatin NP03003 FVPIFTYGELQRMQEKERNKGQ 22 Motilin Motilin NP03004 SLSVWQRSGEEGPVDPAEPIREEENEMIKLTAPLEIGMRMNSRQLEKYPATLEGLLS 66 Motilin Motilin-associated peptide EMLPQHAAK NP03027 FVPIFTYGELQRMQEKERNKGQKKSLSVWQRSGEEGPVDPAEPIREEENEMIKLTA 90 Motilin Promotilin PLEIGMRMNSRQLEKYPATLEGLLSEMLPQHAAK NP03617 ETTTQGPGVLLPLPKGACTGWMAGIPGHPGHNGAPGRDGRDGTPGEKGEKGDPGL 226 NA Adiponectin IGPKGDIGETGVPGAEGPRGFPGIQGRKGEPGEGAYVYRSAFSVGLETYVTIPNMPI RFTKIFYNQQNHYDGSTGKFHCNIPGLYYFAYHITVYMKDVKVSLFKKDKAMLFT YDQYQENNVDQASGSVLLHLEVGDQVWLQVYGEGERNGLYADNDNDSTFTGFLL YHDTN NP03618 MIEVVCNDRLGKKVRVKCNTDDTIGDLKKLIAAQTGTRWNKIVLKKWYTIFKDHV 73 NA Ubiquitin-like protein 5 SLGDYEIHDGMNLELYYQ NP03619 AQMGLAPMEGIRRPDQALLPELPGLGLRAPLKKTTAEQAEEDLLQEAQALAEVLD 112 NA Agouti-related protein LQDREPRSSRRCVRLHESCLGQQVPCCDPCATCYCRFFNAFCYCRKLGTAMNPCSR T NP03624 MNPAAEAEFNILLATDSYKVTHYKQYPPNTSKVYSYFECREKKTENSKLRKVKYE 491 NAPRTase Nicotinamide ETVFYGLQYILNKYLKGKVVTKEKIQEAKDVYKEHFQDDVFNEKGWNYILEKYD phosphoribosyltransferase GHLPIEIKAVPEGFVIPRGNVLFTVENTDPECYWLTNWIETILVQSWYPITVATNSRE QKKILAKYLLETSGNLDGLEYKLHDFGYRGVSSQETAGIGASAHLVNFKGTDTVA GLALIKKYYGTKDPVPGYSVPAAEHSTITAWGKDHEKDAFEHIVTQFSSVPVSVVS DSYDIYNACEKIWGEDLRHLIVSRSTQAPLIIRPDSGNPLDTVLKVLEILGKKFPVTE NSKGYKLLPPYLRVIQGDGVDINTLQEIVEGMKQKMWSIENIAFGSGGGLLQKLTR DLLNCSFKCSYVVTNGLGINVFKDPVADPNKRSKKGRLSLHRTPAGNFVTLEEGKG DLEEYGQDLLHTVFKNGKVTKSYSFDEIRKNAQLNIELEAAHH NP03673 SLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQSGLGCNSFRY 28 Natriuretic peptide Atrial natriuretic factor NP03674 NPMYNAVSNADLMDFKNLLDHLEEKMPLED 30 Natriuretic peptide Cardiodilatin-related peptide NP03675 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKV 28 Natriuretic peptide BNP(1-28) NP03676 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 29 Natriuretic peptide BNP(1-29) NP03677 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLR 30 Natriuretic peptide BNP(1-30) NP03678 PKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR 30 Natriuretic peptide BNP(2-31) NP03679 KMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 27 Natriuretic peptide BNP(3-29) NP03680 KMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLR 28 Natriuretic peptide BNP(3-30) NP03681 KMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 30 Natriuretic peptide BNP(3-32) NP03682 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCK 24 Natriuretic peptide BNP(4-27) NP03683 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 26 Natriuretic peptide BNP(4-29) NP03684 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLR 27 Natriuretic peptide BNP(4-30) NP03685 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR 28 Natriuretic peptide BNP(4-31) NP03686 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 29 Natriuretic peptide BNP(4-32) NP03687 VQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 25 Natriuretic peptide BNP(5-29) NP03688 VQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR 27 Natriuretic peptide BNP(5-31) NP03689 VQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 28 Natriuretic peptide BNP(5-32) NP03690 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 32 Natriuretic peptide Brain natriuretic peptide 32 NP03691 HPLGSPGSASDLETSGLQEQRNHLQGKLSELQVEQTSLEPLQESPRPTGVWKSREV 108 Natriuretic peptide Natriuretic peptides B ATEGIRGHRKMVLYTLRAPRSPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH NP03692 GLSKGCFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC 22 Natriuretic peptide CNP-22 NP03693 YKGANKKGLSKGCFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC 29 Natriuretic peptide CNP-29 NP03694 DLRVDTKSRAAWARLLQEHPNARKYKGANKKGLSKGCFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC 53 Natriuretic peptide CNP-53 NP03714 ANLTNGGKSELLKSGSSKSTLKHIWTESSKDLSISRLLSQTFRGKENDTDLDLRYDT 250 Neurexophilin Neurexophilin-1 PEPYSEQDLWDWLRNSTDLQEPRPRAKRRPIVKTGKFKKMFGWGDFHSNIKTVKL NLLITGKIVDHGNGTFSVYFRHNSTGQGNVSVSLVPPTKIVEFDLAQQTVIDAKDSK SFNCRIEYEKVDKATKNTLCNYDPSKTCYQEQTQSHVSWLCSKPFKVICIYISFYST DYKLVQKVCPDYNYHSDTPYFPSG NP03715 KEVVHATEGLDWEDKDAPGTLVGNVVHSRIISPLRLFVKQSPVPKPGPMAYADSM 242 Neurexophilin Neurexophilin-2 ENFWDWLANITEIQEPLARTKRRPIVKTGKFKKMFGWGDFHSNIKTVKLNLLITGKI VDHGNGTFSVYFRHNSTGLGNVSVSLVPPSKVVEFEVSPQSTLETKESKSFNCRIEY EKTDRAKKTALCNFDPSKICYQEQTQSHVSWLCSKPFKVICIYIAFYSVDYKLVQK VCPDYNYHSETPYLSSG NP03716 QDDGPPGSEDPERDDHEGQPRPRVPRKRGHISPKSRPMANSTLLGLLAPPGEAWGI 230 Neurexophilin Neurexophilin-3 LGQPPNRPNHSPPPSAKVKKIFGWGDFYSNIKTVALNLLVTGKIVDHGNGTFSVHF QHNATGQGNISISLVPPSKAVEFHQEQQIFIEAKASKIFNCRMEWEKVERGRRTSLC THDPAKICSRDHAQSSATWSCSQPFKVVCVYIAFYSTDYRLVQKVCPDYNYHSDTP YYPSG NP03717 QIPESGRPQYLGLRPAAAGAGAPGQQLPEPRSSDGLGVGRAWSWAWPTNHTGAL 285 Neurexophilin Neurexophilin-4 ARAGAAGALPAQRTKRKPSIKAARAKKIFGWGDFYFRVHTLKFSLLVTGKIVDHV NGTFSVYFRHNSSSLGNLSVSIVPPSKRVEFGGVWLPGPVPHPLQSTLALEGVLPGL GPPLGMAAAAAGPGLGGSLGGALAGPLGGALGVPGAKESRAFNCHVEYEKTNRA RKHRPCLYDPSQVCFTEHTQSQAAWLCAKPFKVICIFVSFLSFDYKLVQKVCPDYN FQSEHPYFG NP03732 ILQRGSGTAAVDFTKKDHTATWGRPFFLFRPRN 33 Neuromedins Neuromedin-S NP03733 FRVDEEFQSPFASQSRGYFLFRPRN 25 Neuromedins Neuromedin-U-25 NP03744 WYKPAAGHSSYSVGRAAGLLSGLR 24 Neuropeptide B/W Neuropeptide B-23 NP03745 WYKPAAGHSSYSVGRAAGLLSGLRRSPYA 29 Neuropeptide B/W Neuropeptide B-29 NP03746 WYKHVASPRYHTVGRAAGLLMGL 23 Neuropeptide B/W Neuropeptide W-23 NP03747 WYKHVASPRYHTVGRAAGLLMGLRRSPYLW 30 Neuropeptide B/W Neuropeptide W-30 NP03755 SFRNGVGTGMKKTSFQRAKS 20 Neuropeptide S Neuropeptide S NP03782 SDSEEEMKALEADFLTNMHTSKISKAHVPSWKMTLLNVCSLVNNLNSPAEETGEV 125 Neurotensin Large neuromedin N HEEELVARRKLPTALDGFSLEAMLTIYQLHKICHSRAFQHWELIQEDILDTGNDKN GKEEVIKRKIPYIL NP03783 IPYIL 5 Neurotensin Neuromedin N NP03784 QLYENKPRRPYIL 13 Neurotensin Neurotensin NP03785 DSYYY 5 Neurotensin Tail peptide (Potential) NP03886 SSPETLISDLLMRESTENVPRTRLEDPAMW 30 NPY C-flanking peptide of NPY NP03887 YPSKPDNPGEDAPAEDMARYYSALRHYINLI T RQRY 36 NPY Neuropeptide Y NP03957 APLEPVYPGDNATPEQMAQYAADLRRYINML T RPRY 36 NPY Pancreatic hormone NP03958 HKEDTLAFSEWGSPHAAVPR 20 NPY Pancreatic icosapeptide NP03959 YPIKPEAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY 36 NPY Peptide YY NP03960 IKPEAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY 34 NPY Peptide YY(3-36) NP04021 VPLERGAPNKEETPATESPDTGLYYHRYLQEVIDVLETDGHFREKLQAANAEDIKS 435 Nucleobindin Nucleobindin-1 GKLSRELDFVSHHVRTKLDELKRQEVSRLRMLLKAKMDAEQDPNVQVDHLNLLK QFEHLDPQNQHTFEARDLELLIQTATRDLAQYDAAHHEEFKRYEMLKEHERRRYL ESLGEEQRKEAERKLEEQQRRHREHPKVNVPGSQAQLKEVWEELDGLDPNRFNPK TFFILHDINSDGVLDEQELEALFTKELEKVYDPKNEEDDMREMEEERLRMREHVM KNVDTNQDRLVTLEEFLASTQRKEFGDTGEGWETVEMHPAYTEEELRRFEEELAA REAELNAKAQRLSQETEALGRSQGRLEAQKRELQQAVLHMEQRKQQQQQQQGH KAPAAHPEGQLKFHPDTDDVPVPAPAGDQKEVDTSEKKLLERLPEVEVPQHL NP04025 VPIDIDKTKVQNIHPVESAKIEPPDTGLYYDEYLKQVIDVLETDKHFREKLQKADIE 82 Nucleobindin Nesfatin-1 EIKSGRLSKELDLVSHHVRTKLDEL NP04026 VPIDIDKTKVQNIHPVESAKIEPPDTGLYYDEYLKQVIDVLETDKHFREKLQKADIE 396 Nucleobindin Nucleobindin-2 EIKSGRLSKELDLVSHHVRTKLDELKRQEVGRLRMLIKAKLDSLQDIGMDHQALLK QFDHLNHLNPDKFESTDLDMLIKAATSDLEHYDKTRHEEFKKYEMMKEHERREYL KTLNEEKRKEEESKFEEMKKKHENHPKVNHPGSKDQLKEVWEETDGLDPNDFDP KTFFKLHDVNSDGFLDEQELEALFTKELEKVYDPKNEEDDMVEMEEERLRMREHV MSEVDTNKDRLVTLEEFLKATEKKEFLEPDSWETLDQQQFFTEEELKEYENIIALQE NELKKKADELQKQKEELQRQHDQLEAQKLEYHQVIQQMEQKKLQQGIPPSGPAGE LKFEPHI NP04038 YAFDVVG 7 Opioid Deltorphin I NP04039 ELTGQRLRQGDGPNAGADDGPGAQADLEHSLLVAAEKKD 57 Opioid Gamma-Lipotropin EGPYRMEHFRWGSPPKD NP04040 YVMGHFRWDRFG 12 Opioid □pmelanocyte-stimulating hormone NP04123 YGGFLRKYPK 10 Opioid Alpha-neoendorphin NP04124 YGGFLRKYP 9 Opioid Beta-neoendorphin NP04125 YGGFLRRIRPKLKWDNQKRYGGFLRRQFKVVT 32 Opioid Big dynorphin NP04126 YGGFLRRIRPKLK 13 Opioid Dynorphin A(1-13) (By similarity) NP04127 YGGFLRRIRPKLKWDNQ 17 Opioid Dynorphin A(1-17) NP04128 YGGFLRRI 8 Opioid Dynorphin A(1-8) (By similarity) NP04129 YGGFL 5 Opioid Leu-enkephalin NP04130 YGGFLRRQFKVVTRSQEDPNAYSGELFDA 29 Opioid Leumorphin NP04131 YGGFLRRQFKVVT 13 Opioid Rimorphin NP04132 YGGFM 5 Opioid Met-enkephalin NP04133 YGGFMRGL 8 Opioid Met-enkephalin-Arg-Gly-Leu NP04134 YGGFMRF 7 Opioid Met-enkephalin-Arg-Phe NP04135 MDELYPMEPEEEANGSEILA 20 Opioid PENK(114-133) (By similarity) NP04136 DAEEDDSLANSSDLLKELLETGDNRERSHHQDGSDNEEEVS 41 Opioid PENK(143-183) (By similarity) NP04137 FAEALPSDEEGESYSKEVPEME 22 Opioid PENK(237-258) (By similarity) NP04138 ECSQDCATCSYRLVRPADINFLACVMECEGKLPSLKIWETCKELLQLSKPELPQDG 73 Opioid Synenkephalin TSTLRENSKPEESHLLA NP04139 MPRVRSLFQEQEEPEPGMEEAGEMEQKQLQ 30 Opioid Neuropeptide 1 (Probable) NP04140 FSEFMRQYLVLSMQSSQ 17 Opioid Neuropeptide 2 (Probable) NP04141 FGGFTGARKSARKLANQ 17 Opioid Nociceptin NP04400 QPLPDCCRQKTCSCRLYELLHGAGNHAAGILTL 33 Orexin Orexin-A NP04401 RSGPPGLQGRLQRLLQASGNHAAGILTM 28 Orexin Orexin-B NP04409 SLALADDAAFRERARLLAALERRHWLNSYMHKLLVLDAP 39 Parathyroid hormone Tuberoinfundibular peptide of 39residues NP04423 TRSAWLDSGVTGSGLEGDHLSDTSTTSLELDSR 33 Parathyroid hormone Osteostatin NP04424 AVSEHQLLHDKGKSIQDLRRRFFLHHLIAEIHTAEIRATSEVSPNSKPSPNTKNHPVR 141 Parathyroid hormone Parathyroid hormone-related FGSDDEGRYLTQETNKVETYKEQPLKTPGKKKKGKPGKRKEQEKKKRRTRSAWL protein DSGVTGSGLEGDHLSDTSTTSLELDSRRH NP04425 AVSEHQLLHDKGKSIQDLRRRFFLHHLIAEIHTAEI 36 Parathyroid hormone PTHrP[1-36] NP04426 ATSEVSPNSKPSPNTKNHPVRFGSDDEGRYLTQETNKVETYKEQPLKTPGKKKKGK 57 Parathyroid hormone PTHrP[38-94] P NP04892 YGGFMTSEKSQTPLVTLFKNAIIKNAYKKGE 31 POMC Beta-endorphin NP04893 SYSMEHFRWGKPVGKKRRPVKVYPNGAEDESAEAFPLEF 39 POMC Corticotropin NP04894 PVKVYPNGAEDESAEAFPLEF 21 POMC Corticotropin-like intermediary peptide NP04895 ELTGQRLREGDGPDGPADDGAGAQADLEHSLLVAAEKKDEGPYRMEHFRWGSPP 89 POMC Lipotropin beta KDKRYGGFMTSEKSQTPLVTLFKNAIIKNAYKKGE NP04896 ELTGQRLREGDGPDGPADDGAGAQADLEHSLLVAAEKKDEGPYRMEHFRWGSPP 56 POMC Lipotropin gamma KD NP04897 SYSMEHFRWGKPV 13 POMC Melanotropin alpha NP04898 DEGPYRMEHFRWGSPPKD 18 POMC Melanotropin beta NP04899 YVMGHFRWDRF 11 POMC Melanotropin gamma NP04900 WCLESSQCQDLTTESNLLECIRACKPDLSAETPMFPGNGDEQPLTENPRKYVMGHF 76 POMC NPP RWDRFGRRNSSSSGSSGAGQ NP04901 EDVSAGEDCGPLPEGGPEPRSDGAKPGPRE 30 POMC Potential peptide NP04921 ARPVKEPRGLSAASPPLAETGAPRRFRRSVPRGEAAGAVQELARALAHLLEAERQE 227 ProSAAS ProSAAS RARAEAQEAEDQQARVLAQLLRVWGAPRNSDPALGLDDDPDAPAAQLARALLRA RLDPAALAAQLVPAPVPAAALRPRPPVYDDGPAGPDAEEAGDETPDVDPELLRYL LGRILAGSADSEGVAAPRRLRRAADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRVKRLETPAPQVPA RRLLPP NP04922 LETPAPQVPARRLLPP 16 ProSAAS Big LEN (By similarity) NP04923 AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRVKRLETPAPQVPARRLLPP 40 ProSAAS Big PEN-LEN (By similarity) NP04924 ARPVKEPRGLSAASPPLAETGAPRRF 26 ProSAAS Big SAAS (By similarity) NP04925 ARPVKEP 7 ProSAAS KEP (By similarity) NP04926 LETPAPQVPA 10 ProSAAS Little LEN (By similarity) NP04927 GLSAASPPLAETGAPRRF 18 ProSAAS Little SAAS (By similarity) NP04928 AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRV 22 ProSAAS PEN (By similarity) NP05218 KTLCSMEEAINERIQEVAGSLIFRAISSIGLECQSVTSRGDLATCPRGFAVTGCTCGS 90 Resistin/FIZZ Resistin ACGSWDVRAETTCHCQCAGMDWTGARCCRVQP NP05219 QCSLDSVMDKKIKDVLNSLEYSPSPISKKLSCASVKSQGRPSSCPAGMAVTGCACG 88 Resistin/FIZZ Resistin-like beta YGCGSWDVQLETTCHCQCSVVDWTTARCCHLT NP05222 QDEGSEATGFLPAAGEKTSGPLGNLAEELNGYSRKKGGFSFRF 43 RFamide neuropeptide QRF-amide NP05241 SEEPPISLDLTFHLLREVLEMARAEQLAQQAHSNRKLMEII 41 Sauvagine/corticotropin- Corticoliberin releasing factor/urotensin I NP05242 DNPSLSIDLTFHLLRTLLELARTQSQRERAEQNRIIFDSV 40 Sauvagine/corticotropin- Urocortin releasing factor/urotensin I NP05243 IVLSLDVPIGLLQILLEQARARAAREQATTNARILARVGHC 41 Sauvagine/corticotropin- Urocortin-2 releasing factor/urotensin I NP05244 FTLSLDVPTNIMNLLFNIAKAKNLRAQAAANAHLMAQI 38 Sauvagine/corticotropin- Urocortin-3 releasing factor/urotensin I NP05299 MDPNAAYVNMSNHHRGLASANVDFAFSLYKHLVALSPKKNIFISPVSISMALAMLS 383 Serpin Corticosteroid-binding LGTCGHTRAQLLQGLGFNLTERSETEIHQGFQHLHQLFAKSDTSLEMTMGNALFLD globulin GSLELLESFSADIKHYYESEVLAMNFQDWATASRQINSYVKNKTQGKIVDLFSGLD SPAILVLVNYIFFKGTWTQPFDLASTREENFYVDETTVVKVPMMLQSSTISYLHDSE LPCQLVQMNYVGNGTVFFILPDKGKMNTVIAALSRDTINRWSAGLTSSQVDLYIPK VTISGVYDLGDVLEEMGIADLFTNQANFSRITQDAQLKSSKVVHKAVLQLNEEGV DTAGSTGVTLNLTSKPIILRFNQPFIIMIFDHFTWSSLFLARVMNPV NP05300 QPLLAHGDKSLQGPQPPRHQLSEPAPAYHRITPTITNFALRLYKELAADAPGNIFFSP 403 Serpin Serpin A11 VSISTTLALLSLGAQANTSALILEGLGFNLTETPEADIHQGFRSLLHTLALPSPKLELK VGNSLFLDKRLKPRQHYLDSIKELYGAFAFSANFTDSVTTGRQINDYLRRQTYGQV VDCLPEFSQDTFMVLANYIFFKAKWKHPFSRYQTQKQESFFVDERTSLQVPMMHQ KEMHRFLYDQDLACTVLQIEYRGNALALLVLPDPGKMKQVEAALQPQTLRKWGQ LLLPSLLDLHLPRFSISGTYNLEDILPQIGLTNILNLEADFSGVTGQLNKTISKVSHKA MVDMSEKGTEAGAASGLLSQPPSLNTMSDPHAHFNRPFLLLLWEVTTQSLLFLGK VVNPVAG NP05301 LKPSFSPRNYKALSEVQGWKQRMAAKELARQNMDLGFKLLKKLAFYNPGRNIFLS 394 Serpin Serpin A12 PLSISTAFSMLCLGAQDSTLDEIKQGFNFRKMPEKDLHEGFHYIIHELTQKTQDLKL SIGNTLFIDQRLQPQRKFLEDAKNFYSAETILTNFQNLEMAQKQINDFISQKTHGKIN NLIENIDPGTVMLLANYIFFRARWKHEFDPNVTKEEDFFLEKNSSVKVPMMFRSGI YQVGYDDKLSCTILEIPYQKNITAIFILPDEGKLKHLEKGLQVDTFSRWKTLLSRRV VDVSVPRLHMTGTFDLKKTLSYIGVSKIFEEHGDLTKIAPHRSLKVGEAVHKAELK MDERGTEGAAGTGAQTLPMETPLVVKIDKPYLLLIYSEKIPSVLFLGKIVNPIGK NP05302 SRCSAQKNTEFAVDLYQEVSLSHKDNIIFSPLGITLVLEMVQLGAKGKAQQQIRQTL 387 Serpin Serpin I2 KQQETSAGEEFFVLKSFFSAISEKKQEFTFNLANALYLQEGFTVKEQYLHGNKEFFQ SAIKLVDFQDAKACAEMISTWVERKTDGKIKDMFSGEEFGPLTRLVLVNAIYFKGD WKQKFRKEDTQLINFTKKNGSTVKIPMMKALLRTKYGYFSESSLNYQVLELSYKG DEFSLIIILPAEGMDIEEVEKLITAQQILKWLSEMQEEEVEISLPRFKVEQKVDFKDV LYSLNITEIFSGGCDLSGITDSSEVYVSQVTQKVFFEINEDGSEAATSTGIHIPVIMSL AQSQFIANHPFLFIMKHNPTESILFMGRVTNPDTQEIKGRDLDSL NP05326 DRVY 4 Serpin Angiotensin 1-4 NP05327 DRVYI 5 Serpin Angiotensin 1-5 NP05328 DRVYIHP 7 Serpin Angiotensin 1-7 NP05329 DRVYIHPFH 9 Serpin Angiotensin 1-9 NP05330 DRVYIHPFHL 10 Serpin Angiotensin-1 NP05331 DRVYIHPF 8 Serpin Angiotensin-2 NP05332 RVYIHPF 7 Serpin Angiotensin-3 NP05333 VYIHPF 6 Serpin Angiotensin-4 NP05334 DRVYIHPFHLVIHNESTCEQLAKANAGKPKDPTFIPAPIQAKTSPVDEKALQDQLVL 452 Serpin Angiotensinogen VAAKLDTEDKLRAAMVGMLANFLGFRIYGMHSELWGVVHGATVLSPTAVFGTLA SLYLGALDHTADRLQAILGVPWKDKNCTSRLDAHKVLSALQAVQGLLVAQGRAD SQAQLLLSTVVGVFTAPGLHLKQPFVQGLALYTPVVLPRSLDFTELDVAAEKIDRF MQAVTGWKTGCSLMGASVDSTLAFNTYVHFQGKMKGFSLLAEPQEFWVDNSTSV SVPMLSGMGTFQHWSDIQDNFSVTQVPFTESACLLLIQPHYASDLDKVEGLTFQQN SLNWMKKLSPRTIHLTMPQLVLQGSYDLQDLLAQAELPAILHTELNLQKLSNDRIR VGEVLNSIFFELEADEREPTESTQQLNKPEVLEVTLNRPFLFAVYDQSATALHFLGR VANPLSTA NP05404 DRMPCRNFFWKTFSSCK 17 Somastostatin Cortistatin-17 NP05405 QEGAPPQQSARRDRMPCRNFFWKTFSSCK 29 Somastostatin Cortistatin-29 (Potential) NP05406 AGCKNFFWKTFTSC 14 Somastostatin Somatostatin-14 NP05407 SANSNPAMAPRERKAGCKNFFWKTFTSC 28 Somastostatin Somatostatin-28 NP05514 LPICPGGAARCQVTLRDLFDRAVVLSHYIHNLSSEMFSEFDKRYTHGRGFITKAINS 199 Somatotropin/prolactin Prolactin CHTSSLATPEDKEQAQQMNQKDFLSLIVSILRSWNEPLYHLVTEVRGMQEAPEAIL SKAVEIEEQTKRLLEGMELIVSQVHPETKENEIYPVWSGLPSLQMADEESRLSAYY NLLHCLRRDSHKIDNYLKLLKCRIIHNNNC NP05529 RPKPQFFGLM 10 Tachykinin Substance P NP05682 ALNSVAYERSAMQNYE 16 Tachykinin C-terminal-flanking peptide NP05683 HKTDSFVGLM 10 Tachykinin Neurokinin A NP05684 DADSSIEKQVALLKALYGHGQISHKRHKTDSFVGLM 36 Tachykinin Neuropeptide K NP05685 RPKPQQFFGLM 11 Tachykinin Substance P NP05686 DMHDFFVGLM 10 Tachykinin Neurokinin-B NP05799 QPEAAQQEAVTAAEHPGLDDFLRQVERLLFLRENIQRLQGDQGEHSASQIFQSDWL 218 TRH Pro-thyrotropin-releasing SKRQHPGKREEEEEEGVEEEEEEEGGAVGPHKRQHPGRREDEASWSVDVTQHKRQ hormone HPGRRSPWLAYAVPKRQHPGRRLADPKAQRSWEEEEEEEEREEDLMPEKRQHPGK RALGGPCGPQGAYGQAGLLLGLLDDLSRSQGAEEKRQHPGRRAAWVREPLEE NP05800 QHP 3 TRH Thyrotropin-releasing hormone NP05810 ETPDCFWKYCV 11 Urotensin-2 Urotensin-2 NP05811 ACFWKYCV 8 Urotensin-2 Urotensin-2B NP05890 AAPDLDVRKCLPCGPGGKGRCFGPNICCAEELGCFVGTAEALRCQEENYLPSPCQS 94 Vasopressin/oxytocin Neurophysin 1 GQKACGSGGRCAVLGLCCSPDGCHADPACDAEATFSQR NP05891 CYIQNCPLG 9 Vasopressin/oxytocin Oxytocin NP05892 CYFQNCPRG 9 Vasopressin/oxytocin Arg-vasopressin NP05893 ASDRSNATQLDGPAGALLLRLVQLAGAPEPFEPAQPDAY 39 Vasopressin/oxytocin Copeptin NP05894 AMSDLELRQCLPCGPGGKGRCFGPSICCADELGCFVGTAEALRCQEENYLPSPCQS 93 Vasopressin/oxytocin Neurophysin 2 GQKACGSGGRCAAFGVCCNDESCVTEPECREGFHRRA NP05912 TLQPPSALRRRHYHHALPPSRHYP 24 VGF Antimicrobial peptide VGF[554-577] NP05913 RPESALLGGSEAGERLLQQGLAQVEA 26 VGF Neuroendocrine regulatory peptide-1 NP05914 QAEATRQAAAQEERLADLASDLLLQYLLQGGARQRGLG 38 VGF Neuroendocrine regulatory peptide-2 NP05915 APPGRPEAQPPPLSSEHKEPVAGDAVPGPKDGSAPEVRGARNSEPQDEGELFQGVD 593 VGF Neurosecretory protein VGF PRALAAVLLQALDRPASPPAPSGSQQGPEEEAAEALLTETVRSQTHSLPAPESPEPA APPRPQTPENGPEASDPSEELEALASLLQELRDFSPSSAKRQQETAAAETETRTHTLT RVNLESPGPERVWRASWGEFQARVPERAPLPPPAPSQFQARMPDSGPLPETHKFGE GVSSPKTHLGEALAPLSKAYQGVAAPFPKARRPESALLGGSEAGERLLQQGLAQVE AGRRQAEATRQAAAQEERLADLASDLLLQYLLQGGARQRGLGGRGLQEAAEERE SAREEEEAEQERRGGEERVGEEDEEAAEAEAEAEEAERARQNALLFAEEEDGEAG AEDKRSQEETPGHRRKEAEGTEEGGEEEDDEEMDPQTIDSLIELSTKLHLPADDVVS IIEEVEEKRKRKKNAPPEPVPPPRAAPAPTHVRSPQPPPPAPAPARDELPDWNEVLPP WDREEDEVYPPGPYHPFPNYIRPRTLQPPSALRRRHYHHALPPSRHYPGREAQARR AQEEAEAEERRLQEQEELENYIEHVLLRRP

TABLE 5 Peptide Analogue suquence (potential glycan highlighted Peptide hormone name analogue name Trade name Producer in bold/underscore) (SEQ ID NO) Amylin NN9838/AM833 NA Novo Nordisk ? Amylin Pramlintide Symlin Bristol-Myers KCNTA T CA T QRLANFLVHSSNNFGPILPP T NVGSNTY- Squibb NH2 (SEQ ID NO: 280) ANP 32 Urodilatin Ularitide ? TAPRSLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQSGLGCN S FRY (SEQ ID NO: 281) ANP 28 Carperitide HANP Daiichi Sankyo SLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQSGLGCN S FRY (SEQ ID NO: 282) ANP 40 mutant ANP ? ? SLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQSGLGCN S FRYRITAREDKQ GWA (SEQ ID NO: 283) BNP 32 Nesiritide Natrecor Scios, Inc. SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSS S GLGCKVLRRH (SEQ ID NO: 284) Bradykinin Icatibant Firazyr Shire RRPXGX S XXR (SEQ ID NO: 285) Calcitonin Salmon Calcitonin Fortical/ Several CSNLSTCVLGKLSQELHKLQTYPRTNTGSGTP (SEQ ID Miacalcin... NO: 286) DNP/CNP cdNP/cenderitide ? ? GLSKGCFGLKLDRIGSM S GLGCPSLRDPRPNAPSTSA (snake DNP CNP combination) (SEQ ID NO: 287) GIP/GLP-1 NN9277 GG dual NA Novo Nordisk ? agonist GIP/GLP-1/Glucagon NN9423 Triagonist  NA Novo Nordisk ? 1706 GLP-1 Exenatide BYETTA/ Bristol-Myers HGEGTF T SDLSKQMEEEAVRLFIEWLKNGGPSSGAPPP BYDUREON Squibb S (SEQ ID NO: 288) GLP-1 Lixisenatide Lyxumia/Adlyxin Sanofi HGEGTF T SDLSKQMEEEAVRLFIEWLKNGGPSSGAPPS KKKKKK (SEQ ID NO: 289) GLP-1 GLP-1(7-37) linked to Albumin) Albiglutide Tanzeum GlaxoSmithKline ? GLP-1 GLP-1(7-37) linked to an Fc Dulaglutide Trulicity Eli Lilly ? fragment of human IgG4 GLP-1 LIRAGLUTIDE Victoza/Saxenda Novo Nordisk HAEGTF T SDVSSYLEGQAAK-E-EFIAWLVRGRG (SEQ ID NO: 290) GLP-1 (37 aa acylated peptide) Semaglutide NA Novo Nordisk HAEGTF T SDVSSYLEGQAAKEEFIIAWLVKGRG (SEQ ID NO: 291) GLP-2 Teduglutide GATTEX NPS HGDGSF S DEMNTILDNLAARDFINWLIQTKITD (SEQ Pharmaceuticals ID NO: 292) Glucagon NN9030/G530S NA Novo Nordisk ? Glucagon (produced in Saccharomyces) Glucagon GlucaGen Novo Nordisk HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNT (SEQ ID NO: 293) Glucagon (produced in Escherichia coli) Glucagon Glucagon Eli Lilly HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNT (SEQ ID NO: 293; same as previous line) PTHR Abaloparatide/ Tymlos Radiuspharm AV S EHQLLHDKGKSIQDLRRRELLEKLLXKLHTA BA058 (SEQ ID NO: 294) PYY NN9747/NN9748 NA Novo Nordisk Secretin Secretin Secremax/ Repligen Corp HSDGTF T SELSRLRDSARLQRLLQGLV (SEQ ID NO: Secreflow 295) Somatoliberin Sermorelin Sermorelin  Emd serono inc YADAIF T NSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSRQ (SEQ ID acetate NO: 296) Somatoliberin Tesamorelin Egrifta Thera- YADAIF T NSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSRQQGESNQE technologies RGARARL (SEQ ID NO: 297)

TABLE 6 *(Bold; identified or conserved in human, Italic; identified in non-human and not conserved; the SEQ ID Nos. are found in the tables infra) *Site position (Bold; identified or conserved in human, Italic; Peptide identified in non- No. Entry_ Peptide Peptide Peptide Hormone human and not of Human Start Peptide_Sequence end Name Family conserved) sites P05408 200 S VPHFSDEDKDPE 212 C-terminal 7B2 S200 1 peptide (By similarity) P05408 27 Y S PR T PDRV S EADIQRLLHGVMEQLGIARPRVEYPAHQA 212 Neuroendocrine 7B2 S28, T31, S36, 4 MNLVGPQSIEGGAHEGLQHLGPFGNIPNIVAELTGDNIPK protein 7B2 T134 S200 DFSEDQGYPDPPNPCPVGKTADDGCLEN T PDTAEFSREFQ LHQHLFDPEHDYPGLGKWNKKLLYEKMKGGERRKRRSV NPYLQGQRLDNVVAKK S VPHFSDEDKDPE P05408 27 Y S PR T PDRV S EADIQRLLHGVMEQLGIARPRVEYPAHQA 176 N-terminal 7B2 S28, T31, S36, 3 MNLVGPQSIEGGAHEGLQHLGPFGNIPNIVAELTGDNIPK peptide (By T134 DFSEDQGYPDPPNPCPVGKTADDGCLEN T PDTAEFSREFQ similarity) LHQHLFDPEHDYPGLGKWNKKLLYEKMKGGE Q8N6N7 1 MALQADFDRAAEDVRKLKARPDDGELKELYGLYKQAIV 88 Acyl-CoA- ACBP GDINIACPGMLDLKGKAKWEAWNLKKGLSTEDATSAYIS binding domain- KAKELIEKYGI containing protein 7 P07108 2 SQAEFEKAAEEVRHLKTKPSDEEMLFIYGHYKQA T VGDI 87 Acyl-CoA- ACBP T36 or T42 1 N T ERPGMLDFTGKAKWDAWNELKGTSKEDAMKAYINK binding protein (ambiguous) VEELKKKYGI P35318 95 YRQSMNNFQGLRSEGCREGTCTVQKLAHQIYQFTDKDKD 146 Adrenomedullin Adrenomedullin NVAPRSKISPQGY Q7Z4H4 101 TQAQLLRVGCVLGTCQVQNLSHRLWQLMGPAGRQDSAP 147 Adrenomedullin- Adrenomedullin VDPSSPHSY 2 (By similarity) Q7Z4H4 108 VGCVLGTCQVQNLSHRLWQLMGPAGRQDSAPVDPSSPH 147 Intermedin-short Adrenomedullin SY (Potential) P35318 22 ARLDVASEFRKKWNKWALSR 41 Proadrenomedull Adrenomedullin in N-20 terminal peptide Q9ULZ1 65 QRPRLSHKGPMPF 77 Apelin-13 (By Apelin similarity) Q9ULZ1 50 NGPGPWQGGRRKFRRQRPRLSHKGPMPF 77 Apelin-28 (By Apelin similarity) Q9ULZ1 47 GSRNGPGPWQGGRRKFRRQRPRLSHKGPMPF 77 Apelin-31 (By Apelin similarity) Q9ULZ1 42 LVQPRGSRNGPGPWQGGRRKFRRQRPRLSHKGPMPF 77 Apelin-36 (By Apelin similarity) P07492 24 VPL P AGGG T VLTKMYPRGNHWAVGHLM 50 Gastrin-releasing Bombesin/neurom P27, T32 2 peptide edin-B/ranatensin P08949 47 GNLWA T GHFM 56 Neuromedin-B Bombesin/neurom T52 0 edin-B/ranatensin P08949 25 APLSWDLPEPRSRASKIRVHSRGNLWA T GHFM 56 Neuromedin-B- Bombesin/neurom T52 0 32 edin-B/ranatensin P07492 41 GNHWAVGHLM 50 Neuromedin-C Bombesin/neurom edin-B/ranatensin P01042 381 RPPGFSPFR 389 Bradykinin Bradykinin P01042 380 KRPPGFSPFR 389 Lysyl-bradykinin Bradykinin P01042 376 ISLMKRPPGFSPFR 389 T-kinin Bradykinin P01258 85 CGNLSTCMLGTYTQDFNKFHTFPQTAIGVGAP 116 Calcitonin Calcitonin P06881 83 ACDTATCV T HRLAGLLSRSGGVVKNNFVPTNVGSKAF 119 Calcitonin gene- Calcitonin T91 1 related peptide 1 P10092 82 ACNTATCV T HRLAGLLSRSGGMVKSNFVPTNVGSKAF 118 Calcitonin gene- Calcitonin T90 1 related peptide 2 P10997 34 KCNTA T CA T QRLANFLVHSSNNFGAILSS T NVGSNTY 70 Islet amyloid Calcitonin T38, T42, T63 3 polypeptide P01258 121 DMSSDLERDHRPHV S MPQNAN 141 Katacalcin Calcitonin S135 0 Q16568 28 QEDAELQPRALDIYSAVDDASHEKELIEALQEVLKKLKS 66 CART(1-39) CART Q16568 69 VPIYEKKYGQVPMCDAGEQCAVRKGARIGKLCDCPRGTS 116 CART(42-89) CART CNSFLLKCL Q16568 28 QEDAELQPRALDIYSAVDDASHEKELIEALQEVLKKLKSK 116 Cocaine- and CART RVPIYEKKYGQVPMCDAGEQCAVRKGARIGKLCDCPRGT amphetamine- SCNSFLLKCL regulated P23435 58 GSAKVAFSAIRSTNH 72 [des-Ser1] Cerebellins cerebellin P23435 57 SGSAKVAFSAIRSTNH 72 Cerebellin Cerebellins P23435 22 QNEIEPIVLEGKCLVVCDSNPTSDPTGTALGISVRSGSAKV 193 Cerebellin-1 Cerebellins AFSAIRSTNHEPSEMSNRTMIIYEDQVLVNIGNNEDSERST FIAPRKGIYSENFHVVKVYNRQTIQVSLMLNGWPVISAFA GDQDVTREAASNGVLIQMEKGDRAYLKLERGNLMGGW KYSTFSGFLVFPL Q8IUK8 52 QNDIEPIVLEGKCLVVCDSSPSADGAVTSSLGISVRSGSAK 224 Cerebellin-2 Cerebellins VAFSATRSTNHEPSEMSNRTMTIYEDQVLVNIGNHFDLAS SIFVAPRKGIYSFSFHVVKVYNRQTIQVSLMQNGYPVISAF AGDQDVTREAASNGVLLLMEREDKVHLKLERGNLMGG WKYSTFSGFLVFPL Q6UW01 33 QEGSEPVLLEGECLVVCEPGRAAAGGPGGAALGEAPPGR 205 Cerebellin-3 Cerebellins VAFAAVRSHHHEPAGETGNGTSGAIYEDQVLVNEGGGED RASGSFVAPVRGVYSFRFHVVKVYNRQTVQVSLMLNTW PVISAFANDPDVTREAATSSVLLPLDPGDRVSLRLRRGNL LGGWKYSSFSGFLIFPL Q9NTU7 28 QNDIEPIVLEGKCLVVCDSNPATDSKGSSSSPLGISVRAAN 201 Cerebellin-4 Cerebellins SKVAFSAVRSTNHEPSEMSNKTRIIYEDQILVNVGNEFTLE SVEVAPRKGIYSFSFHVIKVYQSQTIQVNLMLNGKPVISAF AGDKDVTREAATNGVLLYLDKEDKVYLKLEKGNLVGG WQYSTFSGFLVFPL P10645 380 AYGFRGPGPQL 390 AL-11 Chromogranin/ secretogranin P05060 617 SAEFPDFYDSEEP S VTHQEAENEKDRADQTVLTEDEKKEL 673 CCB peptide Chromogranin/ S631 1 ENLAAMDLELQKIAEKF secretogranin P10645 19 LPVNSPMNKGDIEVMKCIVEVISDTL S KP S PMPV S QECFE 457 Chromogranin-A Chromogranin/ S45, S48, S54, 39 TLRGDERILSILRHQNLLKELQDLALQGAKERAHQQKKH S secretogranin S98, E122, S126, GFEDELSEVLENQSSQAELKEAV E EPS S KDVMEKREDSKE A145, T146, AEKSGE A T DGARPQ AL PEPMQE S KAEGNNQ A PGEEEEEEE A153, L154, EAT N T H P P A S LP S QKYPGPQ A EGDSEG L S QGL V DREKGL S S161, A169, AEPGWQAKREEEEEEEEEAEAGEEAVPEEEGP T VV LNP HP N182, T183, S LG Y KEIRKGESRSEALAVDGAGK P GA E EAQD P EGKGEQ P185, A187, EHSQQKEEEEE M AV V PQGLFRGGKSGELEQEEERLSKEW S188, S191, EDSKRWSKMDQLAKEL T AEKRLEGQEEEEDNRDSSMKL E200, L206, SFR A RAYGFRGPGPQLRRGWRPS S REDSLEAGLPLQVR G Y S207, V211, PEEKKEEEGSANRRPEDQELESLSAIEAELEKVAHQLQAL S218, T251 RRG L254, N255, P256, S259, Y262, P283, E286, P291, S300, M309, V312, T353, A378, S398, G413 P10645 134 EDSKEAEKSGE A T DGARPQ AL PEPMQE S KAEGNNQ A PGE 225 EA-92 Chromogranin/ A145, T146, 17 EEEEEEEAT N T HPP A S LP S QKYPGPQA E GDSEG L S QGL V D secretogranin A153, L154, REKGL S AEPGWQA S161, A169, N182, T183, P185, A187, S188, S191, E200, L206, S207, V211, S218 P10645 420 EEEGSANRRPEDQELE S L S AIEAELEKVAHQLQALRR 456 ER-37 Chromogranin/ S436 or 1 secretogranin S438(Ambiguous) P10645 228 EEEEEEEEEAEAGEEAVPEEEGP T VV LNP HP S L 260 ES-43 Chromogranin/ T251, L254, 5 secretogranin N255, P256, S259 P05060 440 FLGEGH H RVQE N QMDKARRHPQGAWKELDRNYLN Y GE 513 GAWK peptide Chromogranin/ H446, N451, 5 EGAPGKWQQQGDLQDTKENREEARFQDKQYSSHH T A E secretogranin Y474, T511, A512 P10645 413 G YPEEKKEEEGSANRRPEDQELESLSAIEAELEKVAHQLQ 456 GR-44 Chromogranin/ G413 1 ALRR secretogranin P10645 393 GWRPS S REDSLEAGLPLQV 411 GV-19 Chromogranin/ 5398 1 secretogranin P10645 358 LEGQEEEEDNRDSSMKLSF 376 LF-19 Chromogranin/ secretogranin P10645 272 SEALAVDGAGK P GAL E AQD P EGKGEQEH S QQKEEEEE M 319 Pancreastatin Chromogranin/ P283, E286, 6 AV V PQGLFRG secretogranin P291, S300, M309, V312 P05060 21 MPVDNRNHNEGMV T RCIIEVLSNAL S K S SAP P ITPECRQV 677 Secretogranin-1 Chromogranin/ T34, S46, S48, 40 LKTSRKDVKDKETFENEN T KFEVRLLRDPADA S E A HESS S secretogranin S49, P52, T79, RGE A GAPG E EDIQGP T KADILKWAEGGGHSRERADEPQ S93, A95, S100, W S LYP S DSQV S EEVKTRHSEKSQREDEEEEEGENYQKGE A104, E109, RGEDSSEEKHLEEPGE T Q N AFLNERKQA S AIKKEELVARS T116, S140, ETHAAGHSQEKTHSREKSSQESGEETGSQENHPQESKGQP S144, S149, RSQEESEEGEEDATSEVDKRRTRPRHHHGRSRPDR SS QGG T194, N196 ,  S LPSEEKGH P QEESEESNV S M A S LGEKR D HHS T HYRASEE S206, S293, EPEYGEEIKG Y PG VQAPEDLEWERYRGRGSEEYRAPRPQS S294, S298, EESWDEEDKRNYPSLELD KM AHGYGEESEEERGLEPGKG P307, S317, RHHRGRGGEPRAYFMSDTREEKRFLGEGH H RVQENQMD M318, S320, KARRHPQGAWKELDRNYLN Y GEEGAPGKWQQQGDLQD D326, T330, TKENREEARFQDKQYSSHH T A EKRKRLGELFNPYYDPLQ Y348, P349, WKSSHFERRDNMNDNFLEGEEENEL T LNEKNFFPEYNYD G350, K396, WVVEKKPF S EDVNWGYEKR N LARVPKLDLKRQYDRVAQ M397, H446, LDQLLHYRKKSAEFPDFYDSEEPV S THQEAENEKDRADQ Y474, T511, TVLTEDEKKELENLAAMDLELQKIAEKFSQRG A512, T556 S577, N588, S631 P13521 31 QRNQLLQKEPDLRLENVQKFP S PEMIRALEYIENLRQQAH 617 Secretogranin-2 Chromogranin/ S52, S75, A136, 16 KEESSPDYNPYQGVSVPLQQKENGDESHLPERDSLSEED secretogranin Y190, T191, WMRIILEALRQAENEPQSAPKENKPY A LNSEKNFPMDMS S194, T197, DDYETQQWPERKLKHMQFPPMYEENSRDNPFKRTNEIVE S259, T261, EQ YT PQ S LA T LESVFQELGKLTGPNNQKRERMDEEQKLY S378, T450, TDDEDDIYKANNIAYEDVVGGEDWNPVEEKIE S Q T QEEV N489, G529, RDSKENIEKNEQINDEMKRSGQLGIQEEDLRKESKDQLSD S556, S566, DVSKVIAYLKRLVNAAGSGRLQNGQNGERATRLFEKPLD P573 SQSIYQLIEISRNLQIPPEDLIEMLKTGEKPNG S VEPERELD LPVDLDDISEADLDHPDLFQNRMLSKSGYPKTPGRAGILA LPDGLSVEDILNLLGMESAANQK T SYFPNPYNQEKVLPRL PYGAGRSRSNQLPKAAWIPHVE N RQMAYENLNDKDQEL GEYLARMLVKYPEIINSNQVKRVP G QGSSEDDLQEEEQIE QAIKEHLNQGS S QETDKLAPV S KRFPVG P PKNDDTPNRQ YVVDEDLLMKVLEYLNQEKAEKGREHIAKRAMENM Q8WXD2 20 FPKPGGSQDKSLHNRELSAERPLNEQIAEAEEDKIKKTYP P 468 Secretogranin-3 Chromogranin/ P60, T82, S122, 15 ENKPGQSNYSFVDNLNLLKAI T EKEKIEKERQSIRSSPLDN secretogranin T123, T144, KLNVEDVDSTKNRKLIDDYD ST KSGLDHKFQDDPDGLHQ A157, D211, LDG T PLTAEDIVHKIAARIYEENDRAVFDKIVSKLLNLGLI P212, T216, FESQAHTLEDEVAEVLQKLISKEANNYEE DP NKP TS W T E S217, T219, NQAGKIPEKV T PMAA I QDGL A KGENDETVSNTLTLTNGL T231, I236, ERRTKTYSEDNFLELQYFPNFYALLKSIDSEKEAKEKETLI A241, S359 TIMKTLIDFVKMMVKYGTISPEEGVSYLENLDEMIALQTK NKLEKNATDNISKLFPAP S EKSHEETDSTKEEAAKMEKEY GSLKDSTKDDNSNPGGKTDEPKGKTEAYLEAIRKNIEWL KKHDKKGNKEDYDLSKMRDFINKQADAYVEKGILDKEE AEAIKRIYSSL P13521 182 TNEIVEEQ YT PQ S LA T LESVFQELGKLTGPNNQ 214 Secretoneurin Chromogranin/ Y190, T191, 4 secretogranin S194, T197 P10645 322 SGELEQEEERLSKEWEDS 339 SS-18 Chromogranin/ secretogranin P10645 19 LPVNSPMNKGDIEVMKCIVEVISDTL S KP S PMPV S QECFE 94 Vasostatin-1 Chromogranin/ S45, S48, S54 3 TLRGDERILSILRHQNLLKELQDLALQGAKERAHQQ secretogranin P10645 19 LPVNSPMNKGDIEVMKCIVEVISDTL S KP S PMPV S QECFE 131 Vasostatin-2 Chromogranin/ S45, S48, S54, 6 TLRGDERILSILRHQNLLKELQDLALQGAKERAHQQKKH S secretogranin S98, E122, S126 GFEDELSEVLENQSSQAELKEAV E EPS S KDVME P10645 342 WSKMDQLA 349 WA-8 Chromogranin/ secretogranin P10645 342 WSKMDQLAKEL T AE 355 WE-14 Chromogranin/ T353 1 secretogranin P01042 19 QESQSEEIDCNDKDLFKAVDAALKKYNSQNQSNNQFVLY 644 Kininogen-1 Cystatin T137, T151, 15 RITEATKTVGSDTFYSFKYEIKEGDCPVQSGKTWQDCEYK T261, T273, DAAKAATGECTATVGKRSSTKFSVATQTCQITPAEGPVV E399, T400, T AQYDCLGCVHPI S TQSPDLEPILRHGIQYFNNNTQHSSLF T401, S403, MLNEVKRAQRQVVAGLNFRITYSIVQTNCSKENFLFLTPD T407, S408, CKSLWNGDTGECTDNAYIDIQLRIASFSQNCDIYPGKDEV T546, S604, QPP T KICVGCPRDIP T NSPELEETLTHTITKLNAENNATFYF T610, S611, KIDNVKKARVQVVAGKKYFIDFVARETTCSKESNEELTES T628 CETKKLGQSLDCNAEVYVVPWEKKIYPTVNCQPLGMISL MKRPPGESPERSSRIGEIKE E TT V S PPH TS MAPAQDEERDS GKEQGHTRRHDWGHEKQRKHNLGHGHKHERDQGHGHQ RGHGLGHGHEQQHGLGHGHKFKLDDDLEHQGGHVLDH GHKHKHGHGHGKHKNKGKKNGKHNGWKTEHLASSSED STTPSAQTQEKTEGP T PIPSLAKPGVTVTFSDFQDSDLIAT MMPPISPAPIQSDDDWIPDIQIDPNGLSFNPI S DFPDT TS PK CPGRPWKSVSEINP T TQMKESYYFDLTDGLS P01042 19 QESQSEEIDCNDKDLFKAVDAALKKYNSQNQSNNQFVLY 380 Kininogen-1 Cystatin T137, 4 RITEATKTVGSDTFYSFKYEIKEGDCPVQSGKTWQDCEYK heavy chain T151, T261, DAAKAATGECTATVGKRSSTKFSVATQTCQITPAEGPVV T273 T AQYDCLGCVHPIS T QSPDLEPILRHGIQYFNNNTQHSSLF MLNEVKRAQRQVVAGLNFRITYSIVQTNCSKENFLFLTPD CKSLWNGDTGECTDNAYIDIQLRIASFSQNCDIYPGKDEV QPP T KICVGCPRDIP T NSPELEETLTHTITKLNAENNATFYF KIDNVKKARVQVVAGKKYFIDFVARETTCSKESNEELTES CETKKLGQSLDCNAEVYVVPWEKKIYPTVNCQPLGMISL MK P01042 390 SSRIGEIKE E TT V S PPH TS MAPAQDEERDSGKEQGHTRRH 644 Kininogen-1 Cystatin E399, T400, 11 DWGHEKQRKHNLGHGHKHERDQGHGHQRGHGLGHGHE light chain T401, S403, QQHGLGHGHKFKLDDDLEHQGGHVLDHGHKHKHGHGH T407, S408, GKHKNKGKKNGKHNGWKTEHLASSSEDSTTPSAQTQEK T546, S604, FEGP T PIPSLAKPGVTVTFSDFQDSDLIATMMPPISPAPIQS T610, S611, DDDWIPDIQIDPNGLSFNPI S DFPDT TS PKCPGRPWKSVSEI T628 NP T TQMKESYYFDLTDGLS P01042 431 WGHE 434 Low molecular Cystatin weight growth- promoting factor P05305 53 CSCSSLMDKECVYFCHLDIIWVNTPEHVVPYGLGSPRS 90 Big endothelin-1 Endothelin/ sarafotoxin P05305 53 CSCSSLMDKECVYFCHLDIIW 73 Endothelin-1 Endothelin/ sarafotoxin P20800 49 CSCSSWLDKECVYFCHLDIIW 69 Endothelin-2 Endothelin/ sarafotoxin P14138 97 CTCFTYKDKECVYYCHLDIIW 117 Endothelin-3 Endothelin/ sarafotoxin O15130 93 AGEGLNSQFWSLAAPQRF 110 Neuropeptide AF FMRFamide related peptide O15130 69 FLFQPQRF 76 Neuropeptide FF FMRFamide related peptide Q9HCQ7 56 SLNFEELKDWGPKNVIKMSTPAVNKMPHSFANLPLRF 92 Neuropeptide FMRFamide NPSF (Potential) related peptide Q9HCQ7 124 VPNLPQRF 131 Neuropeptide FMRFamide NPVF related peptide Q9HCQ7 81 MPHSFANLPLRF 92 Neuropeptide FMRFamide RFRP-1 related peptide Q9HCQ7 101 SAGATANLPLRS 112 Neuropeptide FMRFamide RFRP-2 related peptide (Potential) O15130 66 SQAFLFQPQRF 76 Neuropeptide SF FMRFamide related peptide P81277 34 TPDINPAWYASRGIRPVGRF 53 Prolactin- FMRFamide releasing peptide related peptide PrRP20 P81277 23 SRTHRHSMEIRTPDINPAWYASRGIRPVGRF 53 Prolactin- FMRFamide releasing peptide related peptide PrRP31 P22466 33 GWTLNSAGYLLGPHAVGNHRSF S DKNGLTS 62 Galanin Galanin S55 0 P22466 65 ELRPEDDMKPGSFDRSIPENNIMRTHEFLSELHLKEAGALD 123 Galanin Galanin A113 1 RLLDLPAAASSEDIERS message- associated peptide Q9UBC7 25 APAHRGRGGWTLNSAGYLLGPVLHLPQMGDQDGKRETA 84 Galanin-like Galanin LEILDLWKAIDGLPYSHPPQPS peptide P01350 59 QLGPQGPPHLVADPSKKQGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF 92 Big gastrin Gastrin/ cholecystokinin P06307 21 QPVPPADPAGSGLQRAEEAPRRQLRVSQR T DGESRAHLG 115 Cholecystokinin Gastrin/ A28, T50, N85 3 ALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQNLDPSHRISDRDYM cholecystokinin GWMDFGRRSAEEYEYPS P06307 92 ISDRDYMGWMDF 103 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 12 cholecystokinin P06307 86 LDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 103 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 18 (By cholecystokinin similarity) P06307 79 IVKNLQNLDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 103 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ N85 1 25 (By cholecystokinin similarity) P06307 71 KAPSGRMSIVKNLQNLDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 103 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ N85 1 33 cholecystokinin P06307 65 YIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQNLDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 103 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ N85 1 39 cholecystokinin P06307 99 GWMDF 103 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 5 (By similarity) cholecystokinin P06307 46 VSQR T DGESRAHLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQ 103 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ T50, N85 2 NLDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 58 cholecystokinin P06307 46 VSQR T DGESRAHLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQ 94 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ T50, N85 2 NLDPSHRISD 58 cholecystokinin desnonopeptide (By similarity) P06307 97 YMGWMDF 103 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 7 (By similarity) cholecystokinin P06307 96 DYMGWMDF 103 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 8 cholecystokinin P01350 76 QGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF 92 Gastrin Gastrin/ cholecystokinin P01350 79 WLEEEEEAYGWMDF 92 Gastrin-14 Gastrin/ cholecystokinin P01350 41 DLELPWLEQQGPASHHRRQLGPQGPPHLVADPSKKQGPW 92 Gastrin-52 Gastrin/ LEEEEEAYGWMDF cholecystokinin P01350 87 YGWMDF 92 Gastrin-6 Gastrin/ cholecystokinin P01350 22 SWKPRSQQPDAP LG TGANRDLELPWLEQQGPASHHRRQL 92 Gastrin-71 Gastrin/ L33 or G34 1 GPQGPPHLVADPSKKQGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF cholecystokinin (Ambiguous) P09681 52 YAEGTFISDYSIAMDKIHQQDFVNWLLAQKGKKNDWKH 93 Gastric inhibitory Glucagon NITQ polypeptide P01275 21 RSLQDTEEKSR S FSASQADPLSDPDQMNEDKRHSQGTF T S 89 Glicentin (By Glucagon S32, T59 2 DYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNTKRNRNNIA similarity) P01275 21 RSLQDTEEKSR S FSASQADPLSDPDQMNED 50 Glicentin-related Glucagon S32 1 polypeptide (By similarity) P01275 53 HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNT 81 Glucagon Glucagon T59 1 P01275 92 HDEFERHAEG T F TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGRG 128 Glucagon-like Glucagon T102 or T104 or 1 peptide 1 S105 (Ambiguous) P01275 98 HAEG T F TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGR 128 Glucagon-like Glucagon T102 or T104 or 1 peptide 1(7-36) S105 (Ambiguous) P01275 98 HAEG T F TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGRG 127 Glucagon-like Glucagon T102 or T104 or 1 peptide 1(7-37) S105 (Ambiguous) P01275 146 HADGSFSDEMNTILDNLAARDFINVVLIQTKITD 178 Glucagon-like Glucagon peptide 2 (By similarity) P01282 81 HADGVF TS DFSKLLGQLSAKKYLESLM 107 Intestinal peptide Glucagon T87, S88 2 PHM-27 P01282 81 HADGVF TS DFSKLLGQLSAKKYLESLMGKRVSSNISEDPV 122 Intestinal peptide Glucagon T87, S88 2 PV PHV-42 P01275 53 HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNTKRNRNNIA 89 Oxyntomodulin Glucagon T59 1 (By similarity) P18509 82 DVAHGILNEAYRKVLDQLSAGKHLQSLVARGVGGSLGG 129 PACAP-related Glucagon GAGDDAEPLS peptide P18509 132 HSDGIFTDSYSRYRKQMAVKKYLAAVL 158 Pituitary Glucagon adenylate cyclase- activating polypeptide 27 P18509 132 HSDGIFTDSYSRYRKQMAVKKYLAAVLGKRYKQRVKNK 169 Pituitary Glucagon adenylate cyclase- activating polypeptide 38 P09683 28 HSDGTF TS EL S RLREGARLQRLLQGLV 54 Secretin Glucagon T34, S35, S38 3 P01286 32 YADAIFTNSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSRQQGESNQERG 75 Somatoliberin Glucagon ARARL P01282 125 HSDAVF T DNYTRLRKQMAVKKYLNSILN 152 Vasoactive Glucagon T131 1 intestinal peptide P01148 37 DAENLIDSFQEIVKEVGQLAETQRFEC T THQPRSPLRDLK 92 GnRH-associated GnRH T64 1 GALESLIEEETGQKKI peptide 1 O43555 37 ALS SAQDPQNALRPPGRALDTAAGSPVQTAHGLPSDALA 120 GnRH-associated GnRH PLDDSMPWEGRTTAQWSLHRKRHLARTLLTAAREPRPAP peptide 2 PSSNKV P01148 24 QHWSYGLRPG 33 Gonadoliberin-1 GnRH O43555 24 QHWSHGWYPG 33 Gonadoliberin-2 GnRH P01148 24 QHWSYGLRPGGKRDAENLIDSFQEIVKEVGQLAETQRFE 92 Progonadoliberin- GnRH T64 1 C T THQPRSPLRDLKGALESLIEEETGQKKI 1 O43555 24 QHWSHGWYPGGKRALSSAQDPQNALRPPGRALDTAAGS 120 Progonadoliberin- GnRH PVQTAHGLPSDALAPLDDSMPWEGRTTAQWSLHRKRHL 2 ARTLLTAAREPRPAPPSSNKV P01308 90 GIVEQCCTSICSLYQLENYCN 110 Insulin A chain Insulin P01308 25 FVNQHLCGSHLVEALYLVCGERGFFY T PKT 54 Insulin B chain Insulin T51 1 (Ambiguous) P05019 49 GPETLCGAELVDALQFVCGDRGFYFNKPTGYGSSSRRAP 118 Insulin-like Insulin QTGIVDECCFRSCDLRRLEMYCAPLKPAKSA growth factor I P01344 25 AYRPSETLCGGELVDTLQFVCGDRGFYFSRPASRVSRRSR 91 Insulin-like Insulin S74, T86 0 GIVEECCFRSCDLALLETYCATPAKSE growth factor II P01344 26 YRPSETLCGGELVDTLQFVCGDRGFYFSRPASRVSRRSRG 91 Insulin-like Insulin S74, T86 0 IVEECCFR S CDLALLETYCATPAKSE growth factor II Ala-25 Del P01344 93 DV ST PP T VLPDNFPRYPVGKFFQYDTVVKQSTQRL 126 Preptin Insulin S95, T96, T99 3 P04090 162 QLYSALANKCCHVGCTKRSLARFC 185 Relaxin A chain Insulin P04808 163 PYVALFEKCCLIGCTKRSLAKYC 185 Relaxin A chain Insulin (By similarity) P04090 25 DSWMEEVIKLCGRELVRAQIAICGMSTWS 53 Relaxin B chain Insulin P04808 23 VAAKWKDDVIKLCGRELVRAQIAICGMSTWS 53 Relaxin B chain Insulin (By similarity) Q8WXF3 119 DVLAGLSSSCCKWGCSKSEISSLC 142 Relaxin-3 A Insulin chain (By similarity) Q8WXF3 26 RAAPYGVRLCGREFIRAVIFTCGGSRW 52 Relaxin-3 B Insulin chain (By similarity) Q15726 112 YNWNSFGLRF 121 Kisspeptin-10 KISS1 Q15726 109 LPNYNVVNSFGLRF 121 Kisspeptin-13 KISS1 Q15726 108 DLPNYNWNSFGLRF 121 Kisspeptin-14 KISS1 Q15726 20 EPLEKVASVGNSRPTGQQLESLGLLAPGEQSLPCTERKPA 138 Metastasis- KISS1 A88 1 ATARLSRRGTSLSPPPESSGSPQQPGLS A PHSRQIPAPQGA suppressor KiSS- VLVQREKDLPNYNWNSFGLRFGKREAAPGNHGRSAGRG 1 Q15726 68 GTSLSPPPESSGSPQQPGLS A PHSRQIPAPQGAVLVQREKD 121 Metastin KISS1 A88 1 LPNYNVVNSFGLRF P41159 22 VPIQKVQDDTKTLIKTIVTRINDISHTQSVSSKQKVTGLDFI 167 Leptin Leptin PGLHPILTLSKMDQTLAVYQQILTSMPSRNVIQISNDLENL RDLLHVLAFSKSCHLPWASGLETLDSLGGVLEASGYSFEV VALSRLQGSLQDMLWQLDLSPGC P20382 147 DFDMLRCMLGRVYRPCWQV 165 Melanin- Melanin- concentrating concentrating hormone hormone P20382 131 EIGDEENSAKFPI 143 Neuropeptide- Melanin- glutamic acid- concentrating isoleucine hormone P20382 110 GSVAFPAENGVQN T E ST QE 128 Neuropeptide- Melanin- T123, T125, 3 glycine-glutamic concentrating T126 acid(Potential) hormone P20382 22 ILLSASKSIRNLDDDMVFNTFRLGKGFQKEDTAEK S VIAP S 165 Pro-MCH Melanin- S57, S62, N93, 6 LEQYKNDESSFMNEEENKVSKNTGSKHNFL N HGLPLNLAI concentrating T123, T125 KPYLALKGSVAFPAENGVQN T ES T QEKREIGDEENSAKFP hormone T126 IGRRDFDMLRCMLGRVYRPCWQV Q9UBU3 24 GSSFLSPEHQRVQQRKESKKPPAKLQP 50 Ghrelins-27 Motilin Q9UBU3 24 GSSFLSPEHQRVQQRKESKKPPAKLQPR 51 Ghrelins-28 Motilin P12872 26 FVPIFTYGELQRMQEKERNKGQ 47 Motilin Motilin P12872 50 SLSVWQRSGEEGPVDPAEPIREEENEMIKLTAPLEIGMRM 115 Motilin- Motilin NSRQLEKYPATLEGLLSEMLPQHAAK associated peptide Q9UBU3 76 FNAPFDVGIKLSGVQYQQHSQAL 98 Obestatin Motilin P12872 26 FVPIFTYGELQRMQEKERNKGQKKSLSVWQRSGEEGPVD 115 Promotilin Motilin PAEPIREEENEMIKLTAPLEIGMRMNSRQLEKYPATLEGLL SEMLPQHAAK Q15848 19 ETT T QGPGVLLPLPKGACTGWMAGIPGHPGHNGAPGRDG 244 Adiponectin NA T22 1 RDGTPGEKGEKGDPGLIGPKGDIGETGVPGAEGPRGFPGI QGRKGEPGEGAYVYRSAFSVGLETYVTIPNMPIRFTKIFY NQQNHYDGSTGKFHCNIPGLYYFAYHITVYMKDVKVSLF KKDKAMLFTYDQYQENNVDQASGSVLLHLEVGDQVWL QVYGEGERNGLYADNDNDSTFTGFLLYHDTN O00253 21 AQMGLAPMEGIRRPDQALLPELPGLGLRAPLKKT T AEQA 131 Agouti-related NA T55 1 EEDLLQEAQALAEVLDLQDREPRSSRRCVRLHESCLGQQ protein VPCCDPCATCYCRFFNAFCYCRKLGTAMNPCSRT Q9BZL1 1 MIEVVCNDRLGKKVRVKCNTDDTIGDLKKLIAAQTGTRW 73 Ubiquitin-like NA NKIVLKKWYTIFKDHVSLGDYEIHDGMNLELYYQ protein 5 P43490 1 MNPAAEAEFNILLATDSYKVTHYKQYPPNTSKVYSYFEC 491 Nicotinamide NAPRTase REKKFENSKLRKVKYEETVEYGLQVILNKYLKGKVVTKE phosphoribosyltr KIQEAKDVYKEHFQDDVFNEKGWNYILEKYDGHLPIEIK ansferase AVPEGFVIPRGNVLFTVENTDPECYWLTNVVIETILVQSWY PITVATNSREQKKILAKYLLETSGNLDGLEYKLHDFGYRG VSSQETAGIGASAHLVNFKGTDTVAGLALIKKYYGTKDP VPGYSVPAAEHSTITAWGKDHEKDAFEHIVTQFSSVPVSV VSDSYDIYNACEKIWGEDLRHLIVSRSTQAPLIIRPDSGNP LDTVLKVLEILGKKFPVTENSKGYKLLPPYLRVIQGDGVD INTLQEIVEGMKQKMVVSIENIAFGSGGGLLQKLTRDLLNC SFKCSYVVTNGLGINVFKDPVADPNKRSKKGRLSLHRTPA GNFVTLEEGKGDLEEYGQDLLHTVFKNGKVTKSYSFDEI RKNAQLNIELEAAHH P01160 124 SLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQ S GLGCN S FRY 151 Atrial natriuretic Natriuretic peptide S142, S148 2 factor P16860 103 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKV 130 BNP(1-28) Natriuretic peptide P16860 103 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 131 BNP(1-29) Natriuretic peptide P16860 103 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLR 132 BNP(1-30) Natriuretic peptide P16860 104 PKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR 133 BNP(2-31) Natriuretic peptide P16860 105 KMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 131 BNP(3-29) Natriuretic peptide P16860 105 KMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLR 132 BNP(3-30) Natriuretic peptide P16860 105 KMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 134 BNP(3-32) Natriuretic peptide P16860 106 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCK 129 BNP(4-27) Natriuretic peptide P16860 106 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 131 BNP(4-29) Natriuretic peptide P16860 106 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLR 132 BNP(4-30) Natriuretic peptide P16860 106 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR 133 BNP(4-31) Natriuretic peptide P16860 106 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 134 BNP(4-32) Natriuretic peptide P16860 107 VQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 131 BNP(5-29) Natriuretic peptide P16860 107 VQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR 133 BNP(5-31) Natriuretic peptide P16860 107 VQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 134 BNP(5-32) Natriuretic peptide P16860 103 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 134 Brain natriuretic Natriuretic peptide peptide 32 P01160 26 NPM Y N A V S NADLMDFKNLLDHLEEKMPLED 55 Cardiodilatin- Natriuretic peptide Y29, A31, S33 1 related peptide (Ambiguous) P23582 105 GLSKGCFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC 126 CNP-22 Natriuretic peptide P23582 98 YKGANKKGLSKGCFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC 126 CNP-29 Natriuretic peptide P23582 74 DLRVDTKSRAAWARLLQEHPNARKYKGANKKGLSKGCF 126 CNP-53 Natriuretic peptide GLKLDRIGSMSGLGC P16860 27 HPLGSPGSASDLETSGLQEQRNHLQGKLSELQVEQTSLEP 134 Natriuretic Natriuretic peptide T74, E85 2 LQESPRP T GVWKSREVAT E GIRGHRKMVLYTLRAPRSPK peptides B MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH P58417 22 ANLTNGGKSELLKSGSSKSTLKHIW1ESSKDLSISRLLSQT 271 Neurexophilin-1 Neurexophilin FRGKENDTDLDLRYDTPEPYSEQDLWDWLRNSTDLQEPR PRAKRRPIVKTGKFKKMFGWGDFHSNIKTVKLNLLITGKI VDHGNGTFSVYFRHNSTGQGNVSVSLVPPTKIVEFDLAQ QTVIDAKDSKSFNCRIEYEKVDKATKNTLCNYDPSKTCY QEQTQSHVSWLCSKPFKVICIYISFYSTDYKLVQKVCPDY NYHSDTPYFPSG O95156 23 KEVVHA T EGLDWEDKDAPGTLVGNVVHSRIISPLRLFVK 264 Neurexophilin-2 Neurexophilin T29 1 QSPVPKPGPMAYADSMENFWDWLANIFEIQEPLARTKRR PIVKTGKFKKMFGWGDFHSNIKTVKLNLLITGKIVDHGNG TFSVYFRHNSTGLGNVSVSLVPPSKVVEFEVSPQSTLETKE SKSFNCRIEYEKTDRAKKTALCNFDPSKICYQEQTQSHVS WLCSKPFKVICIYIAFYSVDYKLVQKVCPDYNYHSETPYL SSG O95157 23 QDDGPPGSEDPERDDHEGQPRPRVPRKRGHISPKSRPMAN 252 Neurexophilin-3 Neurexophilin STLLGLLAPPGEAWGILGQPPNRPNHSPPPSAKVKKIFGW GDFYSNIKTVALNLLVTGKIVDHGNGTFSVHFQHNATGQ GNISISLVPPSKAVEFHQEQQIFIEAKASKIFNCRMEWEKV ERGRRTSLCTHDPAKICSRDHAQSSATVVSCSQPFKVVCVY IAFYSTDYRLVQKVCPDYNYHSDTPYYPSG O95158 24 QIPESGRPQYLGLRPAAAGAGAPGQQLPEPRSSDGLGVGR 308 Neurexophilin-4 Neurexophilin AWSWAWPTNHTGALARAGAAGALPAQRTKRKPSIKAAR AKKIFGWGDFYFRVHTLKFSLLVTGKIVDHVNGTFSVYFR HNSSSLGNLSVSIVPPSKRVEFGGVWLPGPVPHPLQSTLAL EGVLPGLGPPLGMAAAAAGPGLGGSLGGALAGPLGGAL GVPGAKESRAFNCHVEYEKTNRARKHRPCLYDPSQVCFT EHTQSQAAWLCAKPFKVICIFVSFLSFDYKLVQKVCPDYN FQSEHPYFG Q5H8A3 109 ILQRGSGTAAVDFTKKDHTATWGRPFFLFRPRN 141 Neuromedin-S Neuromedins P48645 142 FRVDEEFQSPFASQSRGYFLFRPRN 166 Neuromedin-U- Neuromedins 25 Q8NG41 25 WYKPAAGHSSYSVGRAAGLLSGLR 48 Neuropeptide B- Neuromedins 23 Q8NG41 25 WYKPAAGHSSYSVGRAAGLLSGLRRSPYA 53 Neuropeptide B- Neuromedins 29 P0C0P6 70 SFRNGVGTGMKKTSFQRAKS 89 Neuropeptide S Neuromedins Q8N729 33 WYKHVASPRYHTVGRAAGLLMGL 55 Neuropeptide W- Neuromedins 23 Q8N729 33 WYKHVASPRYHTVGRAAGLLMGLRRSPYLW 62 Neuropeptide W- Neuromedins 30 P30990 24 SDSEEEMKALEADFLTNMHTSKISKAHVPSWKMTLLNVC 148 Large Neurotensin SLVNNLNSPAEETGEVHEEELVARRKLPTALDGFSLEAML neuromedin N TIYQLHKICHSRAFQHWELIQEDILDTGNDKNGKEEVIKR KIPYIL P30990 144 IPYIL 148 Neuromedin N Neurotensin P30990 151 QLYENKPRRPYIL 163 Neurotensin Neurotensin P30990 166 DSYYY 170 Tail peptide Neurotensin (Potential) P01303 68 SS PETLISDLLMRES T ENVPR T RLEDPAMW 97 C-flanking NPY S68, S69, T83 3 peptide of NPY T88, A95 P01303 29 YP S KPDNPGEDAPAEDMARYYSALRH Y INLI T RQRY 64 Neuropeptide Y NPY S31, 2 (Ambiguous Y55 or T60 P01298 30 APLEPVYPGDNATPEQMAQYAADLRRYINML T RPRY 65 Pancreatic NPY T61 1 hormone P01298 69 HKEDTLAFSEWGSPHAAVPR 88 Pancreatic NPY icosapeptide P10082 29 YPIKPEAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY 64 Peptide YY NPY T60 1 P10082 31 IKPEAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY 64 Peptide YY(3- NPY T60 1 36) P80303 25 VPIDIDK T KVQN I HPVE S AKIEPPD T GL YY DEYLKQVIDVL 106 Nesfatin-1 Nucleobindin T32, I37, S42, 8 E T DKHFREKLQKADIEEIKSGRLSKELDLV S HHVRTKLDE T50, Y53, Y54, L T67, S96 Q02818 27 VPLERGA P NKEE T PA T E S PD T GL Y YHRYLQEVIDVLETDG 461 Nucleobindin-1 Nucleobindin P34, T39, T42, 22 HFREKLQAANAEDIKSGKLSRELDFV S HHVRTKLDELKR S44, T47, Y50, QEVSRLRMLLKAKMDAEQDPNVQVDHLNLLKQFEHLDP S93, T148, QNQH T FEARDLELLIQTA T RDLAQYDAAHHEEFKRYEML T162, S224, KEHERRRYLESLGEEQRKEAERKLEEQQRRHREHPKVNV S320, S321, PG S QAQLKEVWEELDGLDPNRFNPKTFFILHDINSDGVLD T335, H339, EQELEALFTKELEKVYDPKNEEDDMREMEEERLRMREHV S369, T372, MKNVDTNQDRLVTLEEFLA ST QRKEFGDTGEGWE T VEM S378, Q407, H PAYFEEELRRFEEELAAREAELNAKAQRL S QE T EALGR S A414, T426, QGRLEAQKRELQQAVLHMEQRKQQQQQQ Q GHKAPA A H L452 PEGQLKFHPD T DDVPVPAPAGDQKEVDTSEKKLLER L PE x459(deleterious VEVPQHL mutation) P80303 25 VPIDIDK T KVQN I HPVE S AKIEPPD T GL YY DEYLKQVIDVL 420 Nucleobindin-2 Nucleobindin T32, 16 E T DKHFREKLQKADIEEIKSGRLSKELDLV S HHVRTKLDE I37, LKRQEVGRLRMLIKAKLDSLQDIGMDHQALLKQFDHLNH S42, T50, Y53, LNPDKFE S TDLDMLIKAA T SDLEHYDK T RHEEFKKYEMM Y54, T67, S96, KEHERREYLKTLNEEKRKEEESKFEEMKKKHENHPKVNH S152, T163, PGSKDQLKEVWEETDGLDPNDFDPKTFFKLHDVNSDGFL T172, A355, DEQELEALFTKELEKVYDPKNEEDDMVEMEEERLRMRE Y389, P406, HVMSEVDTNKDRLVTLEEFLKATEKKEFLEPDSWETLDQ S408, L414 QQFFTEEELKEYENII A LQENELKKKADELQKQKEELQRQ HDQLEAQKLE Y HQVIQQMEQKKLQQGI P P S GPAGE L KFE PHI P01213 175 YGGFLRKYPK 184 Alpha- Opioid neoendorphin P01213 175 YGGFLRKYP 183 Beta- Opioid neoendorphin P01213 207 YGGFLRRIRPKLKWDNQKRYGGFLRRQFKVVT 238 Big dynorphin Opioid P01213 207 YGGFLRRIRPKLK 219 Dynorphin A(1- Opioid 13) (By similarity) P01213 207 YGGFLRRIRPKLKWDNQ 223 Dynorphin A(1- Opioid 17) P01213 207 YGGFLRRI 214 Dynorphin A(1- Opioid 8) (By similarity) P01213 175 YGGFL 179 Leu-enkephalin Opioid P01213 226 YGGFLRRQFKVVTRSQEDPNAYSGELFDA 254 Leumorphin Opioid P01210 100 YGGFM 104 Met-enkephalin Opioid P01210 186 YGGFMRGL 193 Met-enkephalin- Opioid Arg-Gly-Leu P01210 261 YGGFMRF 267 Met-enkephalin- Opioid Arg-Phe Q13519 98 MPRVRSLFQEQEE P EPGMEEAGEMEQKQLQ 127 Neuropeptide 1 Opioid P111 1 (Probable) Q13519 149 FSEFMRQYLVLSMQSSQ 165 Neuropeptide 2 Opioid (Probable) Q13519 130 FGGFTGARKSARKLANQ 146 Nociceptin Opioid P01210 143 DAEEDDSLANSSDLLKELLETGDNRERSHHQDGSDNEEE 183 PENK(143-183) Opioid VS (By similarity) P01210 237 FAEALPSDEEGESYSKEVPEME 258 PENK(237-258) Opioid (By similarity) P01213 226 YGGFLRRQFKVVT 238 Rimorphin Opioid P01210 114 MDELYPMEPEEEANGSEILA 133 rimorphin Opioid P01210 25 ECSQDCATCSYRLVRPADINFLACVMECEGKLPSLKIWET 97 Synenkephalin Opioid CKELLQLSKPELPQDGTSTLRENSKPEESHLLA O43612 34 QPLPDCCRQKTCSCRLYELLHGAGNHAAGILTL 66 Orexin-A Orexin O43612 70 RSGPPGLQGRLQRLLQASGNHAAGILTM 97 Orexin-B Orexin P12272 143 TRSAWLDSGVTGSGLEGDHLSDTSTTSLELDSR 175 Osteostatin Parathyroid hormone P12272 37 AVSEHQLLHDKGKSIQDLRRREFLHHLIAEIHTAEIRA T SE 177 Parathyroid Parathyroid T75 1 VSPNSKPSPNTKNHPVRFGSDDEGRYLTQETNKVETYKE hormone-related hormone QPLKTPGKKKKGKPGKRKEQEKKKRRTRSAWLDSGVTG protein SGLEGDHLSDTSTTSLELDSRRH P12272 37 AVSEHQLLHDKGKSIQDLRRREFLHHLIAEIHTAEI 72 PTHrP[1-36] Parathyroid hormone P12272 74 A T SEVSPNSKPSPNTKNHPVRFGSDDEGRYLTQETNKVET 130 PTHrP[38-94[ Parathyroid T75 1 YKEQPLKTPGKKKKGKP hormone Q96A98 62 SLALADDAAFRERARLLAALERRHWLNSYMHKLLVLDA 100 Tuberoinfundibular Parathyroid P peptide of hormone 39residues P01189 237 YGGFMTSEK S Q T PLV T LEKNAIIKNAYKKGE 267 Beta-endorphin POMC S246, T248, 3 T252 P01189 138 SYSMEHFRWGKPVGKKRRPVKVYPNGAEDESAEAFPLEF 176 Corticotropin POMC P01189 156 PVKVYPNGAEDESAEAFPLEF 176 Corticotropin- POMC like intermediary peptide P01189 179 ELTGQRLREGDGPDGPADDGAGAQADLEHSLLVAAEKK 267 Lipotropin beta POMC S246, T248, 3 DEGPYRMEHFRWGSPPKDKRYGGFMTSEK S Q T PLV T LFK T252 NAIIKNAYKKGE P01189 179 ELTGQRLREGDGPDGPADDGAGAQADLEHSLLVAAEKK 234 Lipotropin POMC DEGPYRMEHFRWGSPPKD gamma P01189 138 SYSMEHFRWGKPV 150 Melanotropin POMC alpha P01189 217 DEGPYRMEHFRWGSPPKD 234 Melanotropin POMC beta P01189 77 YVMGHFRWDRF 87 Melanotropin POMC gamma P01189 27 WCLESSQCQDLTTESNLLECIRACKPDLSAETPMFPGNGD 102 NPP POMC T71 1 EQPL T ENPRKYVMGHFRWDRFGRRNSSSSGSSGAGQ P01189 105 EDVSAGEDCGPLPEGGPEPRSDGAKPGPRE 134 Potential peptide POMC Q9UHG2 245 LET PA PQVPARRLLPP 260 Big LEN (By ProSAAS T247, P248, 2 similarity) A249 Q9UHG2 221 AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRVKRLET PA PQVPARRLLPP 260 Big PEN-LEN ProSAAS T247, P248, 2 (By similarity) A249 Q9UHG2 34 ARPVKEPR G LSAA S PPLAE T GA PRRF 59 Big SAAS (By ProSAAS G42, S47, T53, 5 similarity) G54, A55 Q9UHG2 34 ARPVKEP 40 KEP (By ProSAAS similarity) Q9UHG2 245 LET PA PQVPA 254 Little LEN (By ProSAAS T247, P248, 2 similarity) A249 Q9UHG2 42 G LSAA S PPLAE T GA PRRF 59 Little SAAS (By ProSAAS G42, S47, T53, 5 similarity) G54, A55 Q9UHG2 221 AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRV 242 PEN (By ProSAAS similarity) Q9UHG2 34 ARPVKEPR G LSAA S PPLAE T GA PRRFRRSVPRGEAAGAVQ 260 ProSAAS ProSAAS G42, S47, T53, 13 ELARALAHLLEAERQERARAEAQEAEDQQARVLAQLLR G54, A55, A115, VWG A PR N S DPALGLDDDPDAPAAQLARALLRARLDPAAL N118, S119, AAQLVPAPVPAAALRPRPPVYDDGP A GPDAEEAGDETPD A176, S206, VDPELLRYLLGRILAG S A DSEGVAAPRRLRRAADHDVGSE A207, T247, LPPEGVLGALLRVKRLET PA PQVPARRLLPP P248, A249 Q9HD89 19 KTLCSMEEAINERIQEVAGSLIFRAISSIGLECQSVTSRGDL 108 Resistin Resistin/FIZZ ATCPRGFAVTGCTCGSACGSWDVRAETTCHCQCAGMDW TGARCCRVQP Q9BQ08 24 QCSLDSVMDKKIKDVLNSLEYSPSPISKKLSCASVKSQGR 111 Resistin-like beta Resistin/FIZZ PSSCPAGMAVTGCACGYGCGSWDVQLETTCHCQCSVVD WTTARCCHLT P83859 91 QDEGSEATGFLPAAGEKTSGPLGNLAEELNGYSRKKGGF 133 QRF-amide RFamide SFRF neuropeptide P06850 154 SEEPPISLDLTFHLLREVLEMARAEQLAQQAHSNRKLMEII 194 Corticoliberin Sauvagine/ corticotropin- releasing factor/urotensin I P55089 83 DNPSLSIDLTFHLLRTLLELARTQSQRERAEQNRIIFDSV 122 Urocortin Sauvagine/ corticotropin- releasing factor/urotensin I Q96RP3 72 IVLSLDVPIGLLQILLEQARARAAREQATTNARILARVGHC 112 Urocortin-2 Sauvagine/ corticotropin- releasing factor/urotensin I Q969E3 120 FTLSLDVPTNIMNLLFNIAKAKNLRAQAAANAHLMAQI 157 Urocortin-3 Sauvagine/ corticotropin- releasing factor/urotensin I P01019 34 DRVY 37 Angiotensin 1-4 Serpin P01019 34 DRVYI 38 Angiotensin 1-5 Serpin P01019 34 DRVYIHP 40 Angiotensin 1-7 Serpin P01019 34 DRVYIHPFH 42 Angiotensin 1-9 Serpin P01019 34 DRVYIHPFHL 43 Angiotensin-1 Serpin P01019 34 DRVYIHPF 41 Angiotensin-2 Serpin P01019 35 RVYIHPF 41 Angiotensin-3 Serpin P01019 36 VYIHPF 41 Angiotensin-4 Serpin P01019 34 DRVYIHPFHLVIHNESTCEQLAKANAGKPKDPTFIPAPIQA 485 Angiotensinogen Serpin T440 or S442 or 1 KTSPVDEKALQDQLVLVAAKLDFEDKLRAAMVGMLANF T443 or T455 LGFRIYGMHSELWGVVHGATVLSPTAVFGTLASLYLGAL (Ambiguous) DHTADRLQAILGVPWKDKNCTSRLDAHKVLSALQAVQG LLVAQGRADSQAQLLLSTVVGVFTAPGLHLKQPFVQGLA LYTPVVLPRSLDFTELDVAAEKIDRFMQAVTGWKTGCSL MGASVDSTLAFNTYVHFQGKMKGFSLLAEPQEFWVDNS TSVSVPMLSGMGTFQHWSDIQDNFSVTQVPFTESACLLLI QPHYASDLDKVEGLTFQQNSLNVVMKKLSPRTIHLTMPQL VLQGSYDLQDLLAQAELPAILHFELNLQKLSNDRIRVGEV LNSIFFELEADEREP T ES T QQLNKPEVLEV T LNRPFLFAVY DQSATALHFLGRVANPLSTA P08185 23 MDPNAAYVNMSNHHRGLASANVDFAFSLYKHLVALSPK 405 Corticosteroid- Serpin KNIFISPVSISMALAMLSLGTCGHTRAQLLQGLGFNLTERS binding globulin ETEIHQGFQHLHQLFAKSDTSLEMTMGNALFLDGSLELLE SFSADIKHYYESEVLAMNFQDWATASRQINSYVKNKTQG KIVDLFSGLDSPAILVLVNYIFFKGTWTQPFDLASTREENF YVDETTVVKVPMMLQSSTISYLHDSELPCQLVQMNYVGN GTVFFILPDKGKMNTVIAALSRDTINRWSAGLTSSQVDLY IPKVTISGVYDLGDVLEEMGIADLFTNQANFSRITQDAQL KSSKVVHKAVLQLNEEGVDTAGSTGVTLNLTSKPIILRFN QPFIIMIFDHFTWSSLFLARVMNPV Q86U17 20 QPLLAHGDKSLQGPQPPRHQLSEPAPAYHRITPTITNFALR 422 Serpin A11 Serpin LYKELAADAPGNIFFSPVSISTTLALLSLGAQANTSALILEG LGFNLTETPEADIHQGFRSLLHTLALPSPKLELKVGNSLFL DKRLKPRQHYLDSIKELYGAFAFSANFTDSVTTGRQINDY LRRQTYGQVVDCLPEFSQDTFMVLANYIFFKAKWKHPFS RYQTQKQESFFVDERTSLQVPMMHQKEMHRFLYDQDLA CTVLQIEYRGNALALLVLPDPGKMKQVEAALQPQTLRK WGQLLLPSLLDLHLPRFSISGTYNLEDILPQIGLTNILNLEA DFSGVTGQLNKTISKVSHKAMVDMSEKGFLAGAASGLLS QPPSLNTMSDPHAHFNRPFLLLLWEVTTQSLLFLGKVVNP VAG Q8IW75 21 LKPSFSPRNYKALSEVQGWKQRMAAKELARQNMDLGFK 414 Serpin A12 Serpin LLKKLAFYNPGRNIFLSPLSISTAFSMLCLGAQDSTLDEIK QGFNFRKMPEKDLHEGFHYIIHELTQKTQDLKLSIGNTLFI DQRLQPQRKFLEDAKNFYSAETILTNFQNLEMAQKQINDF ISQKTHGKINNLIENIDPGTVMLLANYIFFRARWKHEFDPN VTKEEDFFLEKNSSVKVPMMFRSGIYQVGYDDKLSCTILE IPYQKNITAIFILPDEGKLKHLEKGLQVDTFSRWKTLLSRR VVDVSVPRLHMTGTFDLKKTLSYIGVSKIFLEHGDLTKIA PHRSLKVGEAVHKAELKMDERGFEGAAGTGAQTLPMET PLVVKIDKPYLLLIYSEKIPSVLFLGKIVNPIGK O75830 19 SRCSAQKNTEFAVDLYQEVSLSHKDNIIFSPLGITLVLEMV 405 Serpin 12 Serpin QLGAKGKAQQQIRQTLKQQETSAGEEFFVLKSFFSAISEK KQEFTFNLANALYLQEGFTVKEQYLHGNKEFFQSAIKLV DEQDAKACAEMISTWVERKTDGKIKDMFSGEEFGPLTRL VLVNAIYFKGDWKQKFRKEDTQLINFTKKNGSTVKIPMM KALLRTKYGYFSESSLNYQVLELSYKGDEFSLIIILPAEGM DIEEVEKLITAQQILKWLSEMQEEEVEISLPREKVEQKVDF KDVLYSLNITEIFSGGCDLSGITDSSEVYVSQVTQKVFFEIN EDGSEAATSTGIHIPVIMSLAQSQFIANHPFLFIMKHNPTES ILFMGRVTNPDTQEIKGRDLDSL O00230 89 DRMPCRNFFVVICITSSCK 105 Cortistatin-17 Somastostatin O00230 77 QEGAPPQQSARRDRMPCRNFFWKTFSSCK 105 Cortistatin-29 Somastostatin (Potential) P61278 103 AGCKNFFWKTFTSC 116 Somatostatin-14 Somastostatin P61278 89 S AN S NPAMAPRERKAGCKNFFWKTFTSC 116 Somatostatin-28 Somastostatin S89 or S92 1 (Ambiguous) P01236 29 LPICPGGAARCQVTLRDLFDRAVVLSHYIHNLSSEMFSEF 227 Prolactin Somatotropin/ DKRYTHGRGFITKAINSCHTSSLATPEDKEQAQQMNQKD prolactin FLSLIVSILRSWNEPLYHLVTEVRGMQEAPEAILSKAVEIE EQTKRLLEGMELIVSQVHPETKENEIYPVWSGLPSLQMAD EESRLSAYYNLLHCLRRDSHKIDNYLKLLKCRIIHNNNC P20366 111 ALNSVAYERSAMQNYE 125 C-terminal- Tachykinin A111, S114 2 flanking peptide P20366 98 HKTDSFVGLM 107 Neurokinin A Tachykinin Q9UHF0 81 DMHDFFVGLM 90 Neurokinin-B Tachykinin P20366 72 DADSSIEKQVALLKALYGHGQISHKRHKTDSFVGLM 107 Neuropeptide K Tachykinin P20366 58 RPKPQQFFGLM 68 Substance P Tachykinin P20396 25 QPEAAQQEAVTAAEHPGLDDFLRQVERLLFLRENIQRLQ 242 Pro-thyrotropin- TRH 174 1 GDQGEHSASQIFQSDWLSKRQHPGKREEEEEEGVEEEEEE releasing EGGAVGPHKRQHPGRREDEASWSVDVTQHKRQHPGRRS hormone PWLAYAVPKRQHPGRRLADPKAQRSWEEEEEEEEREEDL MPEKRQHPGKRALGGPCGPQGAYGQAGLLLGLLDDLSRS QGAEEKRQHPGRRAAWVREPLEE P20396 84 QHP 86 Thyrotropin- TRH releasing hormone O95399 114 ETPDCFWKYCV 124 Urotensin-2 Urotensin-2 Q76510 112 ACFVVKYCV 119 Urotensin-2B Urotensin-2 P01185 20 CYFQNCPRG 28 Arg-vasopressin Vasopressin/ oxytocin P01185 126 ASDRSNATQLDGPAGALLLRLVQLAG A PEPFEPAQPDAY 164 Copeptin Vasopressin/ A152 1 oxytocin P01178 32 AAPDLDVRKCLPCGPGGKGRCFGPNICCAEELGCFVGTA 125 Neurophysin 1 Vasopressin/ EALRCQEENYLPSPCQSGQKACGSGGRCAVLGLCCSPDG oxytocin CHADPACDAEATFSQR P01185 32 AMSDLELRQCLPCGPGGKGRCFGPSICCADELGCFVGTAE 124 Neurophysin 2 Vasopressin/ ALRCQEENYLPSPCQSGQKACGSGGRCAAFGVCCNDESC oxytocin VTEPECREGFHRRA P01178 20 CYIQNCPLG 28 Oxytocin Vasopressin/ oxytocin O15240 554 TLQPPSALRRRHYHHALPPSRHYP 577 Antimicrobial VGF peptide VGF[554-577] O15240 281 RPESALLGGSEAGERLLQQGLAQVEA 306 Neuroendocrine VGF regulatory peptide-1 O15240 310 QAEATRQAAAQEERLADLASDLLLQYLLQGGARQRGLG 347 Neuroendocrine VGF regulatory peptide-2 O15240 25 AP P GRPEAQPPPL S SEHKEPVAGDAVPGPKDGSAPEVRGA 615 Neurosecretory VGF P25, S36, P226, 5 RNSEPQDEGELFQGVDPRALAAVLLQALDRPASPPAPSGS protein VGF S229, T501 QQGPEEEAAEALLTETVRSQTHSLPAPESPEPAAPPRPQTP ENGPEASDPSEELEALASLLQELRDFSPSSAKRQQETAAA ETETRTHTLTRVNLESPGPERVWRASWGEFQARVPERAP LPP P APSQFQARMPDSGPLPETHKFGEGVSSPKTHLGEAL APLSKAYQGVAAPFPKARRPESALLGGSEAGERLLQQGL AQVEAGRRQAEATRQAAAQEERLADLASDLLLQYLLQG GARQRGLGGRGLQEAAEERESAREEEEAEQERRGGEERV GEEDEEAAEAEAEAEEAERARQNALLFAEEEDGEAGAED KRSQEETPGHRRKEAEGTEEGGEEEDDEEMDPQTIDSLIE LSTKLHLPADDVVSIIEEVEEKRKRKKNAPPEPVPPPRAAP AP T HVRSPQPPPPAPAPARDELPDWNEVLPPWDREEDEV YPPGPYHPFPNYIRPRTLQPPSALRRRHYHHALPPSRHYPG REAQARRAQEEAEAEERRLQEQEELENYIEHVLLRRP Specific embodiments of the invention are disclosed below with indication of the respective SEQ ID NO.

TABLE 6A *Site position (Bold; identified SEQ Peptide or conserved in human, Italic: No. ID Entry_ Peptide Peptide Peptide Hormone identified in non-human and not of NO Human Start Peptide_Sequence end Name Family conserved sites 147 P01160 1 SLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQ S GLGCN S FRY 28 Atrial Natriuretic  S19N, S25 2 natriuretic peptide factor

TABLE 6B *Site position (Bold; identified SEQ Peptide or conserved in human, Italic: No. ID Entry_ Peptide Peptide Peptide Hormone identified in non-human and not of NO Human Start Peptide_Sequence end Name Family conserved sites  72 P22466 1 GW T LNSAGYLLGPHAVGNHRSF S DKNGLTS 30 Galanin Galanin T3, S23 2  95 P01275 1 HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNT 29 Glucagon Glucagon T7 1  97 P01275 1 HAEG T F T SDVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGR 31 Glucago-like Glucagon T5 or T7 or S8 (Ambiguous) 1 peptide 1 (7-36) 106 P09683 1 HSDGTF TS EL S RLREGARLQRLLQGLV 27 Secretin Glucagon T7, S8, S11 3 108 P01282 1 HSDAVF T DNYTRLRKQMAVKKYLNSILN 28 Vasoactive Glucagon T7 1 intestinal peptide 147 P01160 1 SLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQ S GLGCN S FRY 28 Atrial Natriuretic S19, S25 2 natriuretic peptide factor 185 P01303 1 YPSKPDNPGEDAPAEDMARYYSALRHYINLI T RQRY 36 Neuropeptide Y NPY S3, T32 2 188 P10082 1 YPIKPAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY 36 Peptide YY NPY T32 1

TABLE 6C SEQ Peptide No. ID Entry_ Peptide Peptide Peptide Hormone *Site position (identified of NO Human Start Peptide_Sequence end Name Family or conserved in humans) sites  92 P09681 1 YAEGTFI S DYSIAMDKIHQQDFVNWLLAQKGKKNDW 42 Gastric  Glucagon S8 1 KHNITQ inhibitory  polypeptide  95 P01275 1 HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNT 29 Glucagon Glucagon T7 1  97 P01275 1 HAEG T F T SDVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGR 31 Glucago-like Glucagon T5 or T7 or S8 (Ambiguous) 1 peptide 1 (7-36)  99 P01275 1 HADGSF S DEMNTILDNLAARDFINWLIQTKITD 33 Glucagon-like Glucagon S7 1 peptide 2 (By similarity) 100 P01282 1 HADGVF TS DFSKLLGQLSAKKYLESLM 27 Intestinal Glucagon T7, S8 2 peptide PHM-27 106 P09683 1 HSDGTF TS EL S RLREGARLQRLLQGLV 27 Secretin Glucagon T7, S8, S11 3 107 P01286 1 YADAIF T NSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSRQQGESNQ 44 Somatoliberin Blucagon T7 1 ERGARARL 108 P01282 1 HSDAVF T DNYTRLRKQMAVKKYLNSILN 28 Vasoactive Glucagon T7 1 intestinal peptide  21 P01258 1 CGNLS T CMLG T Y T QDFNKFH T FPQ T AIGVGAP 32 Calcitonin Calcitonin T6, T11. T13, T21, T25 5  22 P06881 1 ACDTATCV T HRLAGLL S RSGGVVKNNFVPTNVGSK 37 Calcitonin Calcitonin T9, S17 2 AF gene- related peptide 1  23 P10092 1 ACNTATCV T HRLAGLL S RSGGMVK S NFVP T NVG S K 37 Calcitonin Calcitonin T9, S17, S25, T30, S34 5 AG gene- related peptide 2  24 P10997 1 KCNTA T CA T QRLANFLVHSSNNFGAILSSTNVGSN 37 Islet amyloid Calcitonin T6, T9 3 TY polypeptide   6 P35318 1 YRQSMNNFQGLRSFGCRFGTC T VQKLAHQI Y QF T D 52 Adrenomedullin Adrenomedullin T22, Y31, T34 3 KDKDNVAPRSKISPQGY   7 Q7Z4H4 1 TQAQLLRVGCVLG T CQVQNLSHRLWQLMGPAGRQDS 47 Adrenomedullin- Adrenomedullin T14 1 APVDPSSPHSY 2 (By similarity) 116 P01308 1 FVNQHLCGSHLVEALYLVCGERGFFY T PKT 30 Insulin B Insulin T27 (Ambiguous) 1 chain 117 P05019 1 GPETLCGAELVDALQFVCGDRGFYFNKP T GYGSSSS 70 Inslulin-like Insulin T29 1 RAPQTGIVDECCFRSCDLRRLEMYCAPLKPAKSA growth factor I 118 P01344 1 AYRPSETLCGGELVDTLQFVCGDRGFYF S RPASRVS 67 Inslulin-like Insulin S29, S50, T62 2 RRSRGIVEECCFRSCDLALLETYCATPAKSE growth factor II  72 P22466 1 GW T LNSAGYLLGPHAVGNHRSF S DKNGLTS 30 Galanin Galanin T3, S23 2  74 Q9UBC7 1 APAHRGRGGWTLNSAGYLLGPVLHLPQMGDQDGKRE 60 Galanin-like Galanin T11 1 TALEILDLWKAIDGLPYSHPPQPS peptide 185 P01303 1 YP S KPDNPGEDAPAEDMARYYSALRHYINLI T RQRY 36 Neuropeptide Y NPY S3, T32 2 186 P01298 1 APLEPVYPGDNATPEQMAQYAADLRRYINML T RPRY 36 Pancreatic NPY T32 1 hormone 188 P10082 1 YPIKPAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY 36 Peptide YY NPY T32 1 147 P01160 1 SLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQ S GLGCN S FRY 28 Atrial Natriuretic S19, S25 2 natriuretic peptide factor 163 P16860 1 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 32 Brain Natriuretic S22 1 natriuretic peptide 167 P23582 1 DLRVDTKSRAAWARLLQEHPNARKYKGANKKGLSKG 53 CNP-53 Natriuretic S47 1 CFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC peptide

TABLE 6D *Site position (Bold: identified or conserved SEQ Pep- Pep- Peptide in human, Italic; No. ID Entry_ tide tide Peptide Hormone identified in non-human  of NO. Human Start Peptide_Sequence end Name Family and not conserved) sites 1 P05408 1 S VPHFSDEDKDPE  13 C-terminal 7B2 S1 1 peptide (By similarity) 2 P05408 1 Y S PR T PDRV S EADIQRLLHGVMEQLGIARPRVEYPAHQ 186 Neuroendocrine 7B2 S2, T5, S10, T108, S174 5 AMNLVGPQSIEGGAHEGLQHLGPFGNIPNIVAELTGDN protein 7B2 IPKDFSEDQGYPDPPNPCPVGKTADDGCLEN T PDTAEF SREFQLHQHLFDPEHDYPGLGKWNKKLLYEKMKGGE RRKRRSVNPYLQGQRLDNVVAKK S VPHFSDEDKDPE 3 P05408 1 Y S PR T PDRV S EADIQRLLHGVMEQLGIARPRVEYPAHQ 150 N-terminal 7B2 S2, T5, S10, T108 4 AMNLVGPQSIEGGAHEGLQHLGPFGNIPNIVAELTGDN peptide (By IPKDFSEDQGYPDPPNPCPVGKTADDGCLEN T PDTAEF similarity) SREFQLHQHLFDPEHDYPGLGKWNKKLLYEKMKGGE 5 P07108 1 SQAEFEKAAEEVRHLKTKPSDEEMLFIYGHYKQA T VG  86 Acyl-CoA- ACBP T35 or T41 (ambiguous) 1 DIN T ERPGMLDFTGKAKWDAWNELKGTSKEDAMKA binding protein YINKVEELKKKYGI 6 P35318 1 YRQSMNNFQGLRSFGCRFGTC T VQKLAHQI Y QF T DKD  52 Adrenomedullin Adrenomedullin T22, Y31, T34 3 KDNVAPRSKISPQGY 7 Q7Z4H4 1 TQAQLLRVGCVLG T CQVQNLSHRLWQLMGPAGRQDS  47 Adrenomedullin-2 Adrenomedullin T14 1 APVDPSSPHSY (By similarity) 14 P07492 1 VPL P AGGG T VLTKMYPRGNHWAVGHLM  27 Gastrin-releasing Bombesin/neuromedin- P4, T9 2 peptide B/ranatensin 15 P08949 1 GNLWA T GHFM  10 Neuromedin-B Bombesin/neuromedin- T6 1 B/ranatensin 16 P08949 1 APLSWDLPEPRSRASKIRVHSRGNLWA T GHFM  32 Neuromedin-B-32 Bombesin/neuromedin- T28 1 B/ranatensin 21 P01258 1 CGNLS T CMLG T Y T QDFNKFH T FPQTAIGVGAP  32 Calcitonin Calcitonin T6, T11, T13, T21, T25 5 22 P06881 1 ACDTATCV T HRLAGLL S RSGGVVKNNFVPTNVGSKAF  37 Calcitonin gene- Calcitonin T9, S17 2 related peptide 1 23 P10092 1 ACNTATCV T HRLAGLL S RSGGMVK S NFVP T NVG S KAF  37 Calcitonin gene- Calcitonin T9, S17, S25, T30, S34 5 related peptide 2 24 P10997 1 KCNTA T CA T QRLANFLVHSSNNFGAILSS T NVGSNTY  37 Islet amyloid Calcitonin T5, T9, T30 3 polypeptide 25 P01258 1 DMSSDLERDHRPHV S MPQNAN  21 Katacalcin Calcitonin S15 1 36 P05060 1 SAEFPDFYDSEEPV S THQEAENEKDRADQTVLTEDEKK  57 CCB peptide Chromogranin/ S15 1 ELENLAAMDLELQKIAEKF secretogranin 37 P10645 1 LPVNSPMNKGDTEVMKCIVEVISDTL S KP S PMPV S QEC 439 Chromogranin-A Chromogranin/ S27, S30, S36, S80, E104, S108, 39 FETLRGDERILSILRHQNLLKELQDLALQGAKERAHQQ secretogranin A127, T128, A135, L136, S143 KKH S GFEDELSEVLENQSSQAELKEAV E EPS S KDVME A151, N164, T165 P167, A169, KREDSKEAEKSGE A T DGARPQ AL PEPMQESKAEGNNQ S170, S173, E182, L188 S189, A PGEEEEEEEEAT N T H P P A S LP S QKYPGPQA E GDSEG L S V193, S200, T233, L236, N237, QGL V DREKGL S AEPGWQAKREEEEEEEEEAEAGEEAV P238, S241, Y244, P265, E268, PEEEGP T VV LNP HP S LG Y KEIRKGESRSEALAVDGAGK P273, S282, M291, V294, T335, P GA E EAQD P EGKGEQEH S QQKEEEEE M AV V PQGLFRG A360, S380, G395 GKSGELEQEEERLSKEWEDSKRWSKMDQLAKEL T AE KRLEGQEEEEDNRDSSMKLSFR A RAYGFRGPGPQLRR GWRPS S REDSLEAGLPLQVR G YPEEKKEEEGSANRRPE DQELESLSAIEAELEKVAHQLQALRRG 38 P10645 1 EDSKEAEKSGE A T DGARPQ AL PEPMQE S KAEGNNQ A P  92 EA-92 Chromogranin/ A12, T13, A20, L21, S28, A36, 17 GEEEEEEEEAT N T H P PA S LP S QKYPGPQA E GDSEG L S Q secretogranin N49, T50, P52, A54, S55, S58, GL V DREKGL S AEPGWQA E67, L73, S74, V78, S85 39 P10645 1 EEEGSANRRPEDQELE S L S AIEAELEKVAHQLQALRR  37 ER-37 Chromogranin/ S17 or S19 (Ambiguous) 1 secretogranin 40 P10645 1 EEEEEEEEEAEAGEEAVPEEEGP T VV LNP HP S L  33 ES-43 Chromogranin/ T24, L27, N28, P29, S32 5 secretogranin 41 P05060 1 FLGEGH H RVQE N QMDKARRHPQGAWKELDRNYLN Y  74 GAWK peptide Chromogranin/ H7, N12, Y35, T72, A73 5 GEEGAPGKWQQQGDLQDTKENREEARFQDKQYSSHH secretogranin T A E 42 P10645 1 G YPEEKKEEEGSANRRPEDQELESLSAIEAELEKVAHQ  44 GR-44 Chromogranin/ G1 1 LQALRR secretogranin 43 P10645 1 GWRPS S REDSLEAGLPLQV  19 GV-19 Chromogranin/ S6 1 secretogranin 45 P10645 1 SEALAVDGAGK P GA E EAQD P EGKGEQEH S QQKEEEEE  48 Pancreastatin Chromogranin/ P12, E15, P20, S29, M38, V41 6 M AV V PQGLFRG secretogranin 46 P05060 1 MPVDNRNHNEGMV T RCIIEVLSNAL S K S SAP P ITPECR 657 Secretogranin-1 Chromogranin/ T14, S26, S28, S29, P32, T59, 40 QVLKTSRKDVKDKETTENEN T KFEVRLLRDPADA S E A secretogranin S73, A75, S80, A84, E89, T96, HESS S RGE A GAPG E EDIQGP T KADTEKWAEGGGHSRE S120, S124, S129, T174, N176, RADEPQW S LYP S DSQV S EEVKTRHSEKSQREDEEEEEG S186, S273, S274, S278, P287, ENYQKGERGEDSSEEKHLEEPGE T Q N AFLNERKQA S AI S22L, M298, S300, D306, T310, KKEELVARSETHAAGHSQEKTHSREKSSQESGEETGSQ Y328, P329, G330, K376, M377, ENHPQESKGQPRSQEESEEGEEDATSEVDKRRTRPRHH H426, Y454, T491, A492, T536, HGRSRPDR SS QGG S LPSEEKGH P QEESEESNV S M A S LG S557, N568, S611 EKR D HHS T HYRASEEEPEYGEEIKG Y PG VQAPEDLEW ERYRGRGSEEYRAPRPQSEESWDEEDKRNYPSLELD K M AHGYGEESEEERGLEPGKGRHHRGRGGEPRAYFMS DTREEKRFLGEGH H RVQENQMDKARRHPQGAWKELD RNYLN Y GEEGAPGKWQQQGDLQDTKENREEARFQDK QYSSHH T A EKRKRLGELFNPYYDPLQWKSSHFERRDN MNDNFLEGEEENEL T LNEKNFFPEYNYDWWEKKPF S E DVNWGYEKR N LARVPKLDLKRQYDRVAQLDQLLHY RKKSAEFPDFYDSEEPV S THQEAENEKDRADQTVLTE DEKKELENLAAMDLELQKIAEKFSQRG 47 P13521 1 QRNQLLQKEPDLRLENVQKFP S PEMIRALEYIENLRQQ 587 Secretogranin-2 Chromogranin/ S22, S45, A106, Y160, T161, 16 AHKEES S PDYNPYQGVSVPLQQKENGDESHLPERDSLS secretogranin S164, T167, S229, T231, S348, EEDWMRIILEALRQAENEPQSAPKENKPY A LNSEKNFP T420, N459, G499, S526, S536, MDMSDDYETQQWPERKLKHMQFPPMYEENSRDNPFK P543 RTNEIVEEQ YT PQ S LA T LESVFQELGKLTGPNNQKRER MDEEQKLYTDDEDDIYKANNIAYEDVVGGEDWNPVE EKIE S Q T QEEVRDSKENIEKNEQINDEMKRSGQLGIQEE DLRKESKDQLSDDVSKVIAYLKRLVNAAGSGRLQNGQ NGERATRLFEKPLDSQSIYQLIEISRNLQIPPEDLIEMLK TGEKPNG S VEPERELDLPVDLDDISEADLDHPDLFQNR MLSKSGYPKTPGRAGTEALPDGLSVEDILNLLGMESA ANQK T SYFPNPYNQEKVLPRLPYGAGRSRSNQLPKAA WIPHVE N RQMAYENLNDKDQELGEYLARMLVKYPEII NSNQVKRVP G QGSSEDDLQEEEQIEQAIKEHLNQGS S Q ETDKLAPV S KRFPVG P PKNDDTPNRQYWDEDLLMKV LEYLNQEKAEKGREHIAKRAMENM 48 Q8WXD2 1 FPKPGGSQDKSLHNRELSAERPLNEQIAEAEEDKIKKT 449 Secretogranin-3 Chromogranin/ P41, T63, S103, T104, T125, 15 YP P ENKPGQSNYSFVDNLNLLKAI T EKEKIEKERQSIRS secretogranin A138, D192, P193, T197, S198, SPLDNKLNVEDVDSTKNRKLIDDYD ST KSGLDHKFQD T200, T212, I217, A222, S340 DPDGLHQLDG T PLTAEDIVHKIA A RIYEENDRAVFDKI VSKLLNLGLITESQAHTLEDEVAEVLQKLISKEANNYE E DP NKP TS W T ENQAGKIPEKV T PMAA I QDGL A KGEND ETVSNTLTLTNGLERRTKTYSEDNFEELQYFPNFYALL KSIDSEKEAKEKETLITIMKTLIDFVKMMVKYGTISPEE GVSYLENLDEMIALQTKNKLEKNATDNISKLFPAP S EK SHEETDSTKEEAAKMEKEYGSLKDSTKDDNSNPGGKT DEPKGKTEAYLEAIRKNIEWLKKHDKKGNKEDYDLSK MRDFINKQADAYVEKGILDKEEAEAIKRIYSSL 49 P13521 1 TNEIVEEQ YT PQ S LA T LESVFQELGKLTGPNNQ  33 Secretoneurin Chromogranin/ Y9, T10, S13, T16, 4 secretogranin 51 P10645 1 LPVNSPMNKGDTEVMKCIVEVISDTL S KP S PMPV S QEC  76 Vasostatin-1 Chromogranin/ S27, S30, S36 3 FETLRGDERILSILRHQNLLKELQDLALQGAKERAHQQ secretogranin 52 P10645 1 LPVNSPMNKGDTEVMKCIVEVISDTL S KP S PMPV S QEC 113 Vasostatin-2 Chromogranin/ S27, S30, S36, S80, E104, 6 FETLRGDERILSILRHQNLLKELQDLALQGAKERAHQQ secretogranin S108 KKH S GFEDELSEVLENQSSQAELKEAV E EPS S KDVME 54 P10645 1 WSKMDQLAKEL T AE  14 WE-14 Chromogranin/ T12 1 secretogranin 55 P01042 1 QESQSEEIDCNDKDLFKAVDAALKKYNSQNQSNNQFV 626 Kininogen-1 Cystatin T119, T133, T243, T255, E381, 15 LYRITEATKTVGSDTFYSFKYEIKEGDCPVQSGKTWQD T382, T383, S385, T389, S390, CEYKDAAKAATGECTATVGKRSSTKFSVATQTCQITP T528, S586, T592, S593, T610 AEGPVV T AQYDCLGCVHPI S TQSPDLEPILRHGIQYFN NNTQHSSLFMLNEVKRAQRQVVAGLNFRITYSIVQTN CSKENFLFLTPDCKSLWNGDTGECTDNAYIDIQLRIASF SQNCDIYPGKDFVQPP T KICVGCPRDIP T NSPELEETLT HTITKLNAENNATFYFKIDNVKKARVQVVAGKKYFID FVARETTCSKESNEELTESCETKKLGQSLDCNAEVYVV PWEKKIYPTVNCQPLGMISLMKRPPGFSPFRSSRIGEIK E E TT V S PPH TS MAPAQDEERDSGKEQGHTRRHDWGH EKQRKHNLGHGHKHERDQGHGHQRGHGLGHGHEQQ HGLGHGHKFKLDDDLEHQGGHVLDHGHKHKHGHGH GKHKNKGKKNGKHNGWKTEHLASSSEDSTTPSAQTQ EKTEGP T PIPSLAKPGVTVTFSDFQDSDLIATMMPPISP APIQSDDDWIPDIQIDPNGLSFNPISDFPDT TS PKCPGRP WKSVSEINP T TQMKESYYFDLTDGLS 56 P01042 1 QESQSEEIDCNDKDLFKAVDAALKKYNSQNQSNNQFV 362 Kininogen-1 Cystatin T119, T133, T243, T255 4 LYRITEATKTVGSDTFYSFKYEIKEGDCPVQSGKTWQD heavy chain CEYKDAAKAATGECTATVGKRSSTKFSVATQTCQITP AEGPVV T AQYDCLGCVHPIS T QSPDLEPILRHGIQYFN NNTQHSSLFMLNEVKRAQRQVVAGLNFRITYSIVQTN CSKENFLFLTPDCKSLWNGDTGECTDNAYIDIQLRIASF SQNCDIYPGKDFVQPP T KICVGCPRDIP T NSPELEETLT HTITKLNAENNATFYFKIDNVKKARVQVVAGKKYFID FVARETTCSKESNEELTESCETKKLGQSLDCNAEVYVV PWEKKIYPTVNCQPLGMISLMK 57 P01042 1 SSRIGEIKE E TT VSPPH TS MAPAQDEERDSGKEQGHTR 255 Kininogen-1 light Cystatin E10, T11, T12, S14, T18, S19, 11 RHDWGHEKQRKHNLGHGHKHERDQGHGHQRGHGLG chain T157, S215, T221, S222, T239 HGHEQQHGLGHGHKFKLDDDLEHQGGHVLDHGHKH KHGHGHGKHKNKGKKNGKHNGWKTEHLASSSEDSTT PSAQTQEKTEGP T PIPSLAKPGVTVTFSDFQDSDLIATM MPPISPAPIQSDDDWIPDIQIDPNGLSFNPI S DFPDT T S PKCPGRPWKSVSEINP T TQMKESYYFDLTDGLS 72 P22466 1 GW T LNSAGYLLGPHAVGNHRSF S DKNGLTS  30 Galanin Galanin T3, S23 2 73 P22466 1 ELRPEDDMKPGSFDRSIPENNIMRTIIEFLSFLHLKEA  59 Galanin message- Galanin A49 1 GALDRLLDLP A AASSEDIERS associated peptide 74 Q9UBC7 1 APAHRGRGGWTLNSAGYLLGPVLHLPQMGDQDGKRE  60 Galanin-like Galanin T11 1 TALEILDLWKAIDGLPYSHPPQPS peptide 76 P06307 1 QPVPPADP A GSGLQRAEEAPRRQLRVSQR T DGESRAH  95 Cholecystokinin Gastrin/ A8, T30, N65 3 LGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQ N LDPSHRISDR cholecystokinin DYMGWMDFGRRSAEEYEYPS 79 P06307 1 IVKNLQ N LDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF  25 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ N7 1 25 (By cholecystokinin similarity) 80 P06307 1 KAPSGRMSIVKNLQ N LDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF  33 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ N15 1 33 cholecystokinin 81 P06307 1 YIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQ N LDPSHRISDRDYMGWM  39 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ N21 1 DF 39 cholecystokinin 83 P06307 1 VSQR T DGESRAHLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKN  58 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ T5, N40 2 LQ N LDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 58 cholecystokinin 84 P06307 1 VSQR T DGESRAHLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKN  49 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ T5, N40 2 LQ N LDPSHRISD 58 cholecystokinin desnonopeptide (By similarity) 91 P01350 1 SWKPRSQQPDAP LG TGANRDLELPWLEQQGPASHHRR  71 Gastrin-71 Gastrin/ L12 or G13 (Ambiguous) 1 QLGPQGPPHLVADPSKKQGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF cholecystokinin 92 P09681 1 YAEGTFI S DYSIAMDKIHQQDFVNWLLAQKGKKNDW  42 Gastric Glucagon S8 1 KHNITQ inhibitory polypeptide 93 P01275 1 RSLQDTEEKSR S FSASQADPLSDPDQMNEDKRHSQGTF  69 Glicentin (By Glucagon S12, T39 2 T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNTKRNRNNIA similarity) 94 P01275 1 RSLQDTEEKSR S FSASQADPLSDPDQMNED  30 Glicentin-related Glucagon S12 1 polypeptide (By similarity) 95 P01275 1 HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNT  29 Glucagon Glucagon T7 1 96 P01275 1 HDEFERHAEG T F TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGRG  37 Glucagon-like Glucagon T11 or T13 or S14 (Ambiguous) 1 peptide 1 97 P01275 1 HAEG T F TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGR  31 Glucagon-like Glucagon T5 or T7 or S8 (Ambiguous) 1 peptide 1(7-36) 98 P01275 1 HAEG T F TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGRG  30 Glucagon-like Glucagon T5 or T7 or S8 (Ambiguous) 1 peptide 1(7-37) 99 P01275 1 HADGSF S DEMNTILDNLAARDFINWLIQTKITD  33 Glucagon-like Glucagon S7 1 peptide 2 (By similarity) 100 P01282 1 HADGVF TS DFSKLLGQLSAKKYLESLM  27 Intestinal Glucagon T7, S8 2 peptide PHM-27 101 P01282 1 HADGVF TS DFSKLLGQLSAKKYLESLMGKRVSSNISED  42 Intestinal Glucagon T7, S8 2 PVPV peptide PHV-42 102 P01275 1 HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNTKRNRNNI 3 7 Oxyntomodulin Glucagon T7 1 A (By similarity) 106 P09683 1 HSDGTF TS EL S RLREGARLQRLLQGLV  27 Secretin Glucagon T7, S8, S11 3 107 P01286 1 YADAIF T NSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSRQQGESNQE  44 Somatoliberin Glucagon T7 1 RGARARL 108 P01282 1 HSDAVF T DNYTRLRKQMAVKKYLNSILN  28 Vasoactive Glucagon T7 1 intestinal peptide 109 P01148 1 DAENLIDSFQEIVKEVGQLAETQRFEC T THQPRSPLRDL  56 GnRH-associated GnRH T28 1 KGALESLIEEETGQKKI peptide 1 113 P01148 1 QHWSYGLRPGGKRDAENLIDSFQEIVKEVGQLAETQR  69 Progonadoliberin- GnRH T41 1 FEC T THQPRSPLRDLKGALESLIEEETGQKKI 1 116 P01308 1 FVNQHLCGSHLVEALYLVCGERGFFY T PKT  30 Insulin B chain Insulin T27 (Ambiguous) 1 117 P05019 1 GPETLCGAELVDALQFVCGDRGFYFNKP T GYGSSSRR  70 Insulin-like Insulin T29 1 APQTGIVDECCFRSCDLRRLEMYCATPLKPAKSA growth factor I 118 P01344 1 AYRPSETLCGGELVDTLQFVCGDRGFYFSRPASRVSRR  67 Insulin-like Insulin S50, T62 2 SRGIVEECCFR S CDLALLETYCATPAKSE growth factor II 119 P01344 1 YRPSETLCGGELVDTLQFVCGDRGFYFSRPASRVSRRS  66 Insulin-like Insulin S49, T61 2 RGIVEECCFRSCDLALLETYCATPAKSE growth factor II Ala-25 Del 120 P01344 1 DV ST PP T VLPDNFPRYPVGKFFQYDTWKQSTQRL  34 Preptin Insulin S3, T4, T7 3 130 Q15726 1 EPLEKVASVGNSRPTGQQLESLGLLAPGEQSLPCTERK 119 Metastasis- KISS1 A69 1 PAATARLSRRGTSLSPPPESSGSPQQPGLS A PHSRQIPA suppressor KiSS-1 PQGAVLVQREKDLPNYNWNSFGLRFGKREAAPGNHGR SAGRG 131 Q15726 1 GTSLSPPPESSGSPQQPGLS A PHSRQIPAPQGAVLVQRE  54 Metastin KISS1 A21 1 KDLPNYNWNSFGLRF 135 P20382 1 GSVAFPAENGVQN T E ST QE  19 Neuropeptide- Melanin- T14, T16, T17 3 glycine-glutamic concentrating acid (Potential) hormone 136 P20382 1 ILLSASKSIRNLDDDMVFNTFRLGKGFQKEDTAEK S VI 144 Pro-MCH Melanin- S36, S41, N72, T102, T104, 6 AP S LEQYKNDESSFMNEEENKVSKNTGSKHNFL N HGL concentrating T105 PLNLAIKPYLALKGSVAFPAENGVQN T ES T QEKREIGD hormone EENSAKFPIGRRDFDMLRCMLGRVYRPCWQV 143 Q15848 1 ETT T QGPGVLLPLPKGACTGWMAGIPGHPGHNGAPGR 226 Adiponectin NA T4 1 DGRDGTPGEKGEKGDPGLIGPKGDIGETGVPGAEGPR GFPGIQGRKGEPGEGAYVYRSAFSVGLETYVTIPNMPI RFTKIFYNQQNHYDGSTGKFHCNIPGLYYFAYHITVYM KDVKVSLFKKDKAMLFTYDQYQENNVDQASGSVLLH LEVGDQVWLQVYGEGERNGLYADNDNDSTFTGFLLY HDTN 144 O00253 1 AQMGLAPMEGIRRPDQALLPELPGLGLRAPLKKT T AE 111 Agouti-related NA T35 1 QAEEDLLQEAQALAEVLDLQDREPRSSRRCVRLHESC protein LGQQVPCCDPCATCYCRFFNAFCYCRKLGTAMNPCSR T 147 P01160 1 SLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQ S GLGCN S FRY  28 Atrial Natriuretic peptide S19, S25 2 natriuretic factor 163 P16860 1 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH  32 Brain natriuretic Natriuretic peptide S22 1 peptide 32 164 P01160 1 NPM Y N A V S NADLMDFKNLLDHLEEKMPLED  30 Cardiodilatin- Natriuretic peptide Y4, A6, S8 (Ambiguous) 1 related peptide 167 P23582 1 DLRVDTKSRAAWARLLQEHPNARKYKGANKKGLSKG  53 CNP-53 Natriuretic peptide S47 1 CFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC 168 P16860 1 HPLGSPGSASDLETSGLQEQRNHLQGKLSELQVEQTSL 108 Natriuretic Natriuretic peptide T48, E59 2 EPLQESPRP T GVWKSREVAT E GIRGHRKMVLYTLRAP peptides B RSPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 170 O95156 1 KEVVHA T EGLDWEDKDAPGTLVGNVVHSRIISPLRLF 242 Neurexophilin-2 Neurexophilin T7 1 VKQSPVPKPGPMAYADSMENFWDWLANITEIQEPLAR TKRRPIVKTGKFKKMFGWGDFHSNIKTVKLNLLITGKI VDHGNGTFSVYFRHNSTGLGNVSVSLVPPSKVVEFEVS PQSTLETKESKSFNCRIEYEKTDRAKKTALCNFDPSKIC YQEQTQSHVSWLCSKPFKVICIYIAFYSVDYKLVQKVC PDYNYHSETPYLSSG 184 P01303 1 SS PETLISDLLMRES T ENVPR T RLEDPAMW  30 C-flanking NPY S1, S2, T16, T21, A28 3 peptide of NPY 185 P01303 1 YP S KPDNPGEDAPAEDMARYYSALRH Y INLI T RQRY  36 Neuropeptide Y NPY S3, T32 2 186 P01298 1 APLEPVYPGDNATPEQMAQYAADLRRYINML T RPRY  36 Pancreatic NPY T32 1 hormone 188 P10082 1 YPIKPEAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY  36 Peptide YY NPY T32 1 189 P10082 1 IKPEAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY  34 Peptide YY(3-36) NPY T30 1 190 P80303 1 VPIDIDK T KVQN I HPVE S AKIEPPD T GL YY DEYLKQVID  82 Nesfatin-1 Nucleobindin T8, I13, S18, T26, Y29, Y30, 8 VLE T DKHFREKLQKADIEEIKSGRLSKELDLV S HHVRT T43, S72 KLDEL 191 Q02818 1 VPLERGA P NKEE T PA T E S PD T GL Y YHRYLQEVIDVLET 435 Nucleobindin-1 Nucleobindin P8, T13, T16, S18, T21, Y24, 22 DGHFREKLQAANAEDIKSGKLSRELDFV S HHVRTKLD S67, T122, T136, S198, S294, ELKRQEVSRLRMLLKAKMDAEQDPNVQVDHLNLLKQ S295, T309, H313, S343, T346, FEHLDPQNQH T FEARDLELLIQTA T RDLAQYDAAHHE S352, Q381, A388, T400, L1126, EFKRYEMLKEHERRRYLESLGEEQRKEAERKLEEQQR x433 (deleterious mutation) RHREHPKVNVPG S QAQLKEVWEELDGLDPNRFNPKTF FILHDINSDGVLDEQELEALFTKELEKVYDPKNEEDDM REMEEERLRMREHVMKNVDTNQDRLVTLEEFLA ST Q RKEFGDTGEGWE T VEM H PAYTEEELRRFEEELAAREA ELNAKAQRL S QE T EALGR S QGRLEAQKRELQQAVLH MEQRKQQQQQQ Q GHKAPA A HPEGQLKFHPD T DDVPV PAPAGDQKEVDTSEKKLLER L PEVEVPQHL 192 P80303 1 VPIDIDK T KVQN I HPVE S AKIEPPD T GL Y YDEYLKQVID 396 Nucleobindin-2 Nucleobindin T8, I13, S18, T26, Y29, Y30, 16 VLE T DKHFREKLQKADIEEIKSGRLSKELDLV S HHVRT T43, S72, S128, T139, T148, KLDELKRQEVGRLRMLIKAKLDSLQDIGMDHQALLKQ A331, Y365, P382, S384, L390 FDHLNHLNPDKFE S TDLDMLIKAA T SDLEHYDK T RHE EFKKYEMMKEHERREYLKTLNEEKRKEEESKFEEMKK KHENHPKVNHPGSKDQLKEVWEETDGLDPNDFDPKTF FKLHDVNSDGFLDEQELEALFTKELEKVYDPKNEEDD MVEMEEERLRMREHVMSEVDTNKDRLVTLEEFLKAT EKKEFLEPDSWETLDQQQFFTEEELKEYENII A LQENEL KKKADELQKQKEELQRQHDQLEAQKLE Y HQVIQQME QKKLQQGI P P S GPAGE L KFEPHI 204 Q13519 1 MPRVRSLFQEQEE P EPGMEEAGEMEQKQLQ  30 Neuropeptide 1 Opioid P14 1 (Probable) 215 P12272 1 AVSEHQLLHDKGKSIQDLRRRFFLHHLIAEIHTAEIRA T 141 Parathyroid Parathyroid hormone T39 1 SEVSPNSKPSPNTKNHPVRFGSDDEGRYLTQETNKVET hormone-related YKEQPLKTPGKKKKGKPGKRKEQEKKKRRTRSAWLD protein SGVTGSGLEGDHLSDTSTTSLELDSRRH 217 P12272 1 A T SEVSPNSKPSPNTKNHPVRFGSDDEGRYLTQETNKV  57 PTHrP[38-94] Parathyroid hormone T2 1 ETYKEQPLKTPGKKKKGKP 219 P01189 1 YGGFMTSEK S Q T PLV T LFKNAIIKNAYKKGE  31 Beta-endorphin POMC S10, T12, T16 3 222 P01189 1 ELTGQRLREGDGPDGPADDGAGAQADLEHSLLVAAE  89 Lipotropin beta POMC S68, T70, T74 3 KKDEGPYRMEHFRWGSPPKDKRYGGFMTSEK S Q T PL V T LFKNAIIKNAYKKGE 227 P01189 1 WCLESSQCQDLTTESNLLECIRACKPDLSAETPMFPGN  76 NPP POMC T45 1 GDEQPL T ENPRKYVMGHFRWDRFGRRNSSSSGSSGAG Q 229 Q9UHG2 1 LET PA PQVPARRLLPP  16 Big LEN (By ProSAAS T3, P4, A5 2 similarity) 230 Q9UHG2 1 AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRVKRLET PA PQVPARRL  40 Big PEN-LEN ProSAAS T27, P28, A29 2 LPP (By similarity) 231 Q9UHG2 1 ARPVKEPR G LSAA S PPLAE T GA PRRF  26 Big SAAS (By ProSAAS G9, S14, T20, G21, A22 5 similarity) 233 Q9UHG2 1 LET PA PQVPA  10 Little LEN (By ProSAAS T3, P4, A5 2 similarity) 234 Q9UHG2 1 G LSAA S PPLAE T GA PRRF  18 Little SAAS (By ProSAAS G1, S6, T12, G13, A14 5 similarity) 236 Q9UHG2 1 ARPVKEPR G LSAA S PPLAE T GA PRRFRRSVPRGEAAGA 227 ProSAAS ProSAAS 13 VQELARALAHLLEAERQERARAEAQEAEDQQARVLA QLLRVWG A PR N S DPALGLDDDPDAPAAQLARALLRAR G9, S14, T20, G21, A22, A82, LDPAALAAQLVPAPVPAAALRPRPPVYDDGP A GPDAE N85, S86, A143, S173, A174, EAGDETPDVDPELLRYLLGRILAG S A DSEGVAAPRRLR T214, P215, A216 RAADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRVKRLET PA PQVPARR LLPP 252 P01019 1 DRVYIHPFHLVIHNESTCEQLAKANAGKPKDPTFIPAPI 452 Angiotensinogen Serpin T407 or S409 or T410 or T422 1 QAKTSPVDEKALQDQLVLVAAKLDTEDKLRAAMVG (Ambiguous) MLANFLGFRIYGMHSELWGVVHGATVLSPTAVFGTLA SLYLGALDHTADRLQAILGVPWKDKNCTSRLDAHKVL SALQAVQGLLVAQGRADSQAQLLLSTVVGVFTAPGLH LKQPFVQGLALYTPVVLPRSLDFTELDVAAEKIDRFMQ AVTGWKTGCSLMGASVDSTLAFNTYVHFQGKMKGFS LLAEPQEFWVDNSTSVSVPMLSGMGTFQHWSDIQDNF SVTQVPFTESACLLLIQPHYASDLDKVEGLTFQQNSLN WMKKLSPRTIHLTMPQLVLQGSYDLQDLLAQAELPAI LHTELNLQKLSNDRIRVGEVLNSIFFELEADEREP T ES T QQLNKPEVLEV T LNRPFLFAVYDQSATALHFLGRVAN PLSTA 260 P61278 1 S AN S NPAMAPRERKAGCKNFFWKTFTSC  28 Somatostatin-28 Somastostatin S1 or S4 (Ambiguous) 1 262 P20366 1 A LN S VAYERSAMQNYE  15 C-terminal- Tachykinin A1, S4 2 flanking peptide 267 P20396 1 QPEAAQQEAVTAAEHPGLDDFLRQVERLLFLRENIQRL 218 Pro-thyrotropin- TRH I50 1 QGDQGEHSASQ I FQSDWLSKRQHPGKREEEEEEGVEE releasing hormone EEEEEGGAVGPHKRQHPGRREDEASWSVDVTQHKRQ HPGRRSPWLAYAVPKRQHPGRRLADPKAQRSWEEEEE EEEREEDLMPEKRQHPGKRALGGPCGPQGAYGQAGLL LGLLDDLSRSQGAEEKRQHPGRRAAWVREPLEE 272 P01185 1 ASDRSNATQLDGPAGALLLRLVQLAG A PEPFEPAQPDA  39 Copeptin Vasopressin/oxytocin A27 1 Y 279 O15240 1 AP P GRPEAQPPPL S SEHKEPVAGDAVPGPKDGSAPEVR 591 Neurosecretory VGF P1, S12, P202, S205, 5 GARNSEPQDEGELFQGVDPRALAAVLLQALDRPASPP protein VGF T477 APSGSQQGPEEEAAEALLTETVRSQTHSLPAPESPEPAA PPRPQTPENGPEASDPSEELEALASLLQELRDFSPSSAK RQQETAAAETETRTHTLTRVNLESPGPERVWRASWGE FQARVPERAPLPP P APSQFQARMPDSGPLPETHKFGEG VSSPKTHLGEALAPLSKAYQGVAAPFPKARRPESALLG GSEAGERLLQQGLAQVEAGRRQAEATRQAAAQEERL ADLASDLLLQYLLQGGARQRGLGGRGLQEAAEERESA REEEEAEQERRGGEERVGEEDEEAAEAEAEAEEAERA RQNALLFAEEEDGEAGAEDKRSQEETPGHRRKEAEGT EEGGEEEDDEEMDPQTIDSLIELSTKLHLPADDVVSIIEE VEEKRKRKKNAPPEPVPPPRAAPAP T HVRSPQPPPPAP APARDELPDWNEVLPPWDREEDEVYPPGPYHPFPNYIR PRTLQPPSALRRRHYHHALPPSRHYPGREAQARRAQEE AEAEERRLQEQEELENYIEHVLLRRP

TABLE 6E *Site position (Bold: identified or conserved SEQ Pep- Pep- Peptide in human, Italic; No. ID Entry_ tide tide Peptide Hormone identified in non-human  of NO: Human Start Peptide_Sequence end Name Family and not conserved) sites 1 P05408 1 S VPHFSDEDKDPE 13 C-terminal 7B2 S1 1 peptide (By similarity) 2 P05408 1 Y S PR T PDRV S EADIQRLLHGVMEQLGIARPRVEYPA 186 Neuroendocrine 7B2 S2, T5, S10, T108, S174 5 HQAMNLVGPQSIEGGAHEGLQHLGPFGNIPNIVAEL protein 7B2 TGDNIPKDFSEDQGYPDPPNPCPVGKTADDGCLEN T PDTAEFSREFQLHQHLFDPEHDYPGLGKWNKKLLY EKMKGGERRKRRSVNPYLQGQRLDNVVAKK S VPH FSDEDKDPE 3 P05408 1 Y S PR T PDRV S EADIQRLLHGVMEQLGIARPRVEYPA 150 N-terminal 7B2 S2, T5, S10, T108 4 HQAMNLVGPQSIEGGAHEGLQHLGPFGNIPNIVAEL peptide (By TGDNIPKDFSEDQGYPDPPNPCPVGKTADDGCLEN T similarity) PDTAEFSREFQLHQHLFDPEHDYPGLGKWNKKLLY EKMKGGE 4 Q8N6N7 1 MALQADFDRAAEDVRKLKARPDDGELKELYGLYK 88 Acyl-CoA- ACBP QAIVGDINIACPGMLDLKGKAKWEAWNLKKGLSTE binding domain- DATSAYISKAKELIEKYGI containing protein 7 5 P07108 1 SQAEFEKAAEEVRHLKTKPSDEEMLFIYGHYKQA T 86 Acyl-CoA- ACBP T35 or T41 (ambiguous) 1 VGDIN T ERPGMLDFTGKAKWDAWNELKGTSKEDA binding protein MKAYINKVEELKKKYGI 6 P35318 1 YRQSMNNFQGLRSFGCRFGTC T VQKLAHQI Y QF T D 52 Adrenomedullin Adrenomedullin T22, Y31, T34 3 KDKDNVAPRSKISPQGY 7 Q7Z4H4 1 TQAQLLRVGCVLGTCQVQNLSHRLWQLMGPAGRQ 47 Adrenomedullin- Adrenomedullin DSAPVDPSSPHSY 2 (By similarity) 8 Q7Z4H4 1 VGCVLGTCQVQNLSHRLWQLMGPAGRQDSAPVDP 40 Intermedin-short Adrenomedullin SSPHSY (Potential) 9 P35318 1 ARLDVASEFRKKWNKWALSR 20 Proadreno- Adrenomedullin medullin N-20 terminal peptide 10 Q9ULZ1 1 QRPRLSHKGPMPF 13 Apelin-13 (By Apelin similarity) 11 Q9ULZ1 1 NGPGPWQGGRRKFRRQRPRLSHKGPMPF 28 Apelin-28 (By Apelin similarity) 12 Q9ULZ1 1 GSRNGPGPWQGGRRKFRRQRPRLSHKGPMPF 31 Apelin-31 (By Apelin similarity) 13 Q9ULZ1 1 LVQPRGSRNGPGPWQGGRRKFRRQRPRLSHKGPMP 36 Apelin-36 (By Apelin F similarity) 14 P07492 1 VPL P AGGG T VLTKMYPRGNHWAVGHLM 27 Gastrin-releasing Bombesin/ P4, T9 2 peptide neuromedin- B/ranatensin 15 P08949 1 GNLWA T GHFM 10 Neuromedin-B Bombesin/ T6 1 neuromedin- B/ranatensin 16 P08949 1 APLSWDLPEPRSRASKIRVHSRGNLWA T GHFM 32 Neuromedin-B- Bombesin/ T28 1 32 neuromedin- B/ranatensin 17 P07492 1 GNHWAVGHLM 10 Neuromedin-C Bombesin/ neuromedin- B/ranatensin 18 P01042 1 RPPGFSPFR 9 Bradykinin Bradykinin 19 P01042 1 KRPPGFSPFR 10 Lysyl-bradykinin Bradykinin 20 P01042 1 ISLMKRPPGFSPFR 14 T-kinin Bradykinin 21 P01258 1 CGNLS T CMLG T Y T QDFNKFH T FPQTAIGVGAP 32 Calcitonin Calcitonin T6, T11, T13, T21, T25 5 22 P06881 1 ACDTATCV T HRLAGLL S RSGGVVKNNFVPTNVGSK 37 Calcitonin gene- Calcitonin T9, S17 2 AF related peptide 1 23 P10092 1 ACNTATCV T HRLAGLL S RSGGMVK S NFVP T NVG S K 37 Calcitonin gene- Calcitonin T9, S17, S25, T30, S34 5 AF related peptide 2 24 P10997 1 KCNTA T CA T QRLANFLVHSSNNFGAILSS T NVGSNT 37 Islet amyloid Calcitonin T5, T9, T30 3 Y polypeptide 25 P01258 1 DMSSDLERDHRPHV S MPQNAN 21 Katacalcin Calcitonin S15 1 26 Q16568 1 QEDAELQPRALDIYSAVDDASHEKELIEALQEVLKK 39 CART(1-39) CART LKS 27 Q16568 1 VPIYEKKYGQVPMCDAGEQCAVRKGARIGKLCDCP 48 CART(42-89) CART RGTSCNSFLLKCL 28 Q16568 1 QEDAELQPRALDIYSAVDDASHEKELIEALQEVLKK 89 Cocaine- and CART LKSKRVPIYEKKYGQVPMCDAGEQCAVRKGARIGK amphetamine- LCDCPRGTSCNSFLLKCL regulated 29 P23435 1 GSAKVAFSAIRSTNH 15 [des-Ser1]- Cerebellins cerebellin 30 P23435 1 SGSAKVAFSAIRSTNH 16 Cerebellin Cerebellins 31 P23435 1 QNETEPIVLEGKCLVVCDSNPTSDPTGTALGISVRSG 172 Cerebellin-1 Cerebellins SAKVAFSAIRSTNHEPSEMSNRTMIIYFDQVLVNIGN NFDSERSTFIAPRKGIYSFNFHVVKVYNRQTIQVSLM LNGWPVISAFAGDQDVTREAASNGVLIQMEKGDRA YLKLERGNLMGGWKYSTFSGFLVFPL 32 Q8IUK8 1 QNDTEPIVLEGKCLVVCDSSPSADGAVTSSLGISVRS 173 Cerebellin-2 Cerebellins GSAKVAFSATRSTNHEPSEMSNRTMTIYFDQVLVNI GNHFDLASSIFVAPRKGIYSFSFHVVKVYNRQTIQVS LMQNGYPVISAFAGDQDVTREAASNGVLLLMERED KVHLKLERGNLMGGWKYSTFSGFLVFPL 33 Q6UW01 1 QEGSEPVLLEGECLVVCEPGRAAAGGPGGAALGEA 173 Cerebellin-3 Cerebellins PPGRVAFAAVRSHHHEPAGETGNGTSGAIYFDQVL VNEGGGFDRASGSFVAPVRGVYSFRFHVVKVYNRQ TVQVSLMLNTWPVISAFANDPDVTREAATSSVLLPL DPGDRVSLRLRRGNLLGGWKYSSFSGFLIFPL 34 Q9NTU7 1 QNDTEPIVLEGKCLVVCDSNPATDSKGSSSSPLGISV 174 Cerebellin-4 Cerebellins RAANSKVAFSAVRSTNHEPSEMSNKTRIIYFDQILVN VGNFFTLESVFVAPRKGIYSFSFHVIKVYQSQTIQVN LMLNGKPVISAFAGDKDVTREAATNGVLLYLDKED KVYLKLEKGNLVGGWQYSTFSGFLVFPL 35 P10645 1 AYGFRGPGPQL 11 AL-11 Chromogranin/ secretogranin 36 P05060 1 SAEFPDFYDSEEPV S THQEAENEKDRADQTVLTEDE 57 CCB peptide Chromogranin/ S15 1 KKELENLAAMDLELQKIAEKF secretogranin 37 P10645 1 LPVNSPMNKGDTEVMKCIVEVISDTL S KP S PMPV S Q 439 Chromogranin-A Chromogranin/ S27, S30, S36, S80, E104, 39 ECFETLRGDERILSILRHQNLLKELQDLALQGAKER secretogranin S108, A127, T128, A135, L136, AHQQKKH S GFEDELSEVLENQSSQAELKEAV E EPS S S143, A151, N164, T165, P167, KDVMEKREDSKEAEKSGE A T DGARPQ AL PEPMQE S A169, S170, S173, E182, L188, KAEGNNQ A PGEEEEEEEEAT N T H P P A S LP S QKYPGP S189, V193, S200, T233, L236, QA E GDSEG L S QGLVDREKGL S AEPGWQAKREEEEE N237, P238, S241, Y244, P265, EEEEAEAGEEAVPEEEGP T VV LNP HP S LG Y KEIRKG E268, P273, S282, M291, V294, ESRSEALAVDGAGK P GA E EAQD P EGKGEQEH S QQK T335, A360, S380, G395 EEEEE M AV V PQGLFRGGKSGELEQEEERLSKEWEDS KRWSKMDQLAKEL T AEKRLEGQEEEEDNRDSSMK LSFR A RAYGFRGPGPQLRRGWRPS S REDSLEAGLPL QVR G YPEEKKEEEGSANRRPEDQELESLSAIEAELE KVAHQLQALRRG 38 P10645 1 EDSKEAEKSGE A T DGARPQ AL PEPMQE S KAEGNNQ 92 EA-92 Chromogranin/ A12, T13, A20, L21, S28, A36, 17 A PGEEEEEEEEAT N T H P P A S LP S QKYPGPQA E GDSEG secretogranin N49, T50, P52, A54, S55, S58, L S QGL V DREKGL S AEPGWQA E67, L73, S74, V78, S85 39 P10645 1 EEEGSANRRPEDQELE S L S AIEAELEKVAHQLQALR 37 ER-37 Chromogranin/ S17 or S19 (Ambiguous) 1 R secretogranin 40 P10645 1 EEEEEEEEEAEAGEEAVPEEEGP T VV L NP HP S L 33 ES-43 Chromogranin/ T24, L27, N28, P29, S32 5 secretogranin 41 P05060 1 FLGEGH H RVQE N QMDKARRHPQGAWKELDRNYLN 74 GAWK peptide Chromogranin/ H7, N12, Y35, T72, A73 5 Y GEEGAPGKWQQQGDLQDTKENREEARFQDKQYS secretogranin SHH T A E 42 P10645 1 G YPEEKKEEEGSANRRPEDQELESLSAIEAELEKVA 44 GR-44 Chromogranin/ G1 1 HQLQALRR secretogranin 43 P10645 1 GWRPS S REDSLEAGLPLQV 19 GV-19 Chromogranin/ S6 1 secretogranin 44 P10645 1 LEGQEEEEDNRDSSMKLSF 19 LF-19 Chromogranin/ secretogranin 45 P10645 1 SEALAVDGAGK P GA E EAQD P EGKGEQEH S QQKEEE 48 Pancreastatin Chromogranin/ P12, E15, P20, S29, M38, V41 6 EE M AV V PQGLFRG secretogranin 46 P05060 1 MPVDNRNHNEGMV T RCIIEVLSNAL S K S SAP P ITPEC 657 Secretogranin-1 Chromogranin/ T14, S26, S28, S29, P32, T59, 40 RQVLKTSRKDVKDKETFENEN T KFEVRLLRDPADA secretogranin S73, A75, S80, A84, E89, T96, S E A HESS S RGE A GAPG E EDIQGP T KADTEKWAEGGG S120, S124, S129, T174, N176, HSRERADEPQW S LYP S DSQV S EEVKTRHSEKSQRED S186, S273, S274, S278, P287, EEEEEGENYQKGERGEDSSEEKHLEEPGE T Q N AFLN S297, M298, S300, D306, T310, ERKQA S AIKKEELVARSETHAAGHSQEKTHSREKSS Y328, P329, G330, K376, QESGEETGSQENHPQESKGQPRSQEESEEGEEDATS M377, H426, Y454, T491, EVDKRRTRPRHHHGRSRPDR SS QGG S LPSEEKGH P Q A492, T536, S557, N568, S611 EESEESNV S M A S LGEKR D HHS T HYRASEEEPEYGEE IKG Y PG VQAPEDLEWERYRGRGSEEYRAPRPQSEES WDEEDKRNYPSLELD KM AHGYGEESEEERGLEPGK GRHHRGRGGEPRAYFMSDTREEKRFLGEGH H RVQE NQMDKARRHPQGAWKELDRNYLN Y GEEGAPGKW QQQGDLQDTKENREEARFQDKQYSSHH T A EKRKRL GELFNPYYDPLQWKSSHFERRDNMNDNFLEGEEEN EL T LNEKNFFPEYNYDWWEKKPF S EDVNWGYEKR N LARVPKLDLKRQYDRVAQLDQLLHYRKKSAEFPD FYDSEEPV S THQEAENEKDRADQTVLTEDEKKELE NLAAMDLELQKIAEKFSQRG 47 P13521 1 QRNQLLQKEPDLRLENVQKFP S PEMIRALEYIENLR 587 Secretogranin-2 Chromogranin/ S22, S45, A106, Y160, T161, 16 QQAHKEES S PDYNPYQGVSVPLQQKENGDESHLPE secretogranin S164, T167, S229, T231, S348, RDSLSEEDWMRIILEALRQAENEPQSAPKENKPY A L T420, N459, G499, S526, S536, NSEKNFPMDMSDDYETQQWPERKLKHMQFPPMYE P543 ENSRDNPFKRTNEIVEEQ YT PQ S LA T LESVFQELGK LTGPNNQKRERMDEEQKLYTDDEDDIYKANNIAYE DVVGGEDWNPVEEKIE S Q T QEEVRDSKENIEKNEQI NDEMKRSGQLGIQEEDLRKESKDQLSDDVSKVIAY LKRLVNAAGSGRLQNGQNGERATRLFEKPLDSQSIY QLIEISRNLQIPPEDLIEMLKTGEKPNG S VEPERELDL PVDLDDISEADLDHPDLFQNRMLSKSGYPKTPGRAG TEALPDGLSVEDILNLLGMESAANQK T SYFPNPYNQ EKVLPRLPYGAGRSRSNQLPKAAWIPHVE N RQMAY ENLNDKDQELGEYLARMLVKYPEIINSNQVKRVP G QGSSEDDLQEEEQIEQAIKEHLNQGS S QETDKLAPV S KRFPVG P PKNDDTPNRQYWDEDLLMKVLEYLNQ EKAEKGREHIAKRAMENM 48 Q8WXD2 1 FPKPGGSQDKSLHNRELSAERPLNEQIAEAEEDKIKK 449 Secretogranin-3 Chromogranin/ P41, T63, S103, T104, T125, 15 TYP P ENKPGQSNYSFVDNLNLLKAI T EKEKIEKERQ secretogranin A138, D192, P193, T197, S198, SIRSSPLDNKLNVEDVDSTKNRKLIDDYD ST KSGLD T200, T212, T217, A222, S340 HKFQDDPDGLHQLDG T PLTAEDIVHKIA A RIYEEND RAVFDKIVSKLLNLGLITESQAHTLEDEVAEVLQKLI SKEANNYEE DP NKP TS W T ENQAGKIPEKV T PMAA I QDGL A KGENDETVSNTLTLTNGLERRTKTYSEDNFE ELQYFPNFYALLKSIDSEKEAKEKETLITIMKTLIDFV KMMVKYGTISPEEGVSYLENLDEMIALQTKNKLEK NATDNISKLFPAP S EKSHEETDSTKEEAAKMEKEYG SLKDSTKDDNSNPGGKTDEPKGKTEAYLEAIRKNIE WLKKHDKKGNKEDYDLSKMRDFINKQADAYVEK GILDKEEAEAIKRIYSSL 49 P13521 1 TNEIVEEQ YT PQ S LA T LESVFQELGKLTGPNNQ 33 Secretoneurin Chromogranin/ Y9, T10, S13, T16, 4 secretogranin 50 P10645 1 SGELEQEEERLSKEWEDS 18 SS-18 Chromogranin/ secretogranin 51 P10645 1 LPVNSPMNKGDTEVMKCIVEVISDTL S KP S PMPV S Q 76 Vasostatin-1 Chromogranin/ S27, S30, S36 3 ECFETLRGDERILSILRHQNLLKELQDLALQGAKER secretogranin AHQQ 52 P10645 1 LPVNSPMNKGDTEVMKCIVEVISDTL S KP S PMPV S Q 113 Vasostatin-2 Chromogranin/ S27, S30, S36, S80, E104, 6 ECFETLRGDERILSILRHQNLLKELQDLALQGAKER secretogranin S108 AHQQKKH S GFEDELSEVLENQSSQAELKEAV E EPS S KDVME 53 P10645 1 WSKMDQLA 8 WA-8 Chromogranin/ secretogranin 54 P10645 1 WSKMDQLAKEL T AE 14 WE-14 Chromogranin/ T12 1 secretogranin 55 P01042 1 QESQSEEIDCNDKDLFKAVDAALKKYNSQNQSNNQ 626 Kininogen-1 Cystatin T119, T133, T243, T255, E381, 15 FVLYRIFLATKTVGSDTFYSFKYEIKEGDCPVQSGKT T382, T383, S385, T389, S390, WQDCEYKDAAKAATGECTATVGKRSSTKFSVATQ T528, S586, T592, S593, T610 TCQITPAEGPVV T AQYDCLGCVHPI S TQSPDLEPILR HGIQYENNNTQHSSLEMLNEVKRAQRQVVAGLNFR ITYSIVQTNCSKENFLFLTPDCKSLWNGDTGECTDN AYIDIQLRIASFSQNCDIYPGKDEVQPP T KICVGCPR DIP T NSPELEETLTHTITKLNAENNATFYFKIDNVKK ARVQVVAGKKYFIDFVARETTCSKESNEELTESCET KKLGQSLDCNAEVYVVPWEKKIYPTVNCQPLGMIS LMKRPPGESPERSSRIGEIKE E TT VSPPH TS MAPAQD EERDSGKEQGHTRRHDWGHEKQRKHNLGHGHKHE RDQGHGHQRGHGLGHGHEQQHGLGHGHKFKLDD DLEHQGGHVLDHGHKHKHGHGHGKHKNKGKKNG KHNGWKFEHLASSSEDSTTPSAQTQEKFEGP T PIPSL AKPGVTVTFSDFQDSDLIATMMPPISPAPIQSDDDWI PDIQIDPNGLSENPI S DEPDT TS PKCPGRPWKSVSEIN P T TQMKESYYFDLTDGLS 56 P01042 1 QESQSEEIDCNDKDLFKAVDAALKKYNSQNQSNNQ 362 Kininogen-1 Cystatin T119, T133, T243, T255 4 FVLYRIFLATKTVGSDTFYSFKYEIKEGDCPVQSGKT heavy chain WQDCEYKDAAKAATGECTATVGKRSSTKFSVATQ TCQITPAEGPVV T AQYDCLGCVHPIS T QSPDLEPILR HGIQYENNNTQHSSLEMLNEVKRAQRQVVAGLNFR ITYSIVQTNCSKENFLFLTPDCKSLWNGDTGECTDN AYIDIQLRIASFSQNCDIYPGKDEVQPP T KICVGCPR DIP T NSPELEETLTHTITKLNAENNATFYFKIDNVKK ARVQVVAGKKYFIDFVARETTCSKESNEELTESCET KKLGQSLDCNAEVYVVPWEKKIYPTVNCQPLGMIS LMK 57 P01042 1 SSRIGEIKE E TT VSPPH TS MAPAQDEERDSGKEQGH 255 Kininogen-1 Cystatin E10, T11, T12, S14, T18, S19, 11 TRRHDWGHEKQRKHNLGHGHKHERDQGHGHQRG light chain T157, S215, T221, S222, T239 HGLGHGHEQQHGLGHGHKFKLDDDLEHQGGHVLD HGHKHKHGHGHGKHKNKGKKNGKHNGWKFEHL ASSSEDSTTPSAQTQEKFEGP T PIPSLAKPGVTVITS DFQDSDLIATMMPPISPAPIQSDDDWIPDIQIDPNGLS FNPI S DEPDT TS PKCPGRPWKSVSEINP T TQMKESYY FDLTDGLS 58 P01042 1 WGHE 4 Low molecular Cystatin weight growth- promoting factor 59 P05305 1 CSCSSLMDKECVYFCHLDIIWVNTPEHVVPYGLGSP 38 Big endothelin-1 Endothelin/ RS sarafotoxin 60 P05305 1 CSCSSLMDKECVYFCHLDIIW 21 Endothelin-1 Endothelin/ sarafotoxin 61 P20800 1 CSCSSWLDKECVYFCHLDIIVV 21 Endothelin-2 Endothelin/ sarafotoxin 62 P14138 1 CTCFTYKDKECVYYCHLDIIW 21 Endothelin-3 Endothelin/ sarafotoxin 63 O15130 1 AGEGLNSQFVVSLAAPQRF 18 Neuropeptide AF FMRFamide related peptide 64 O15130 1 FLFQPQRF 8 Neuropeptide FF FMRFamide related peptide 65 Q9HCQ7 1 SLNFEELKDWGPKNVIKMSTPAVNKMPHSFANLPL 37 Neuropeptide FMRFamide related RF NPSF (Potential) peptide 66 Q9HCQ7 1 VPNLPQRF 8 Neuropeptide FMRFamide related NPVF peptide 67 Q9HCQ7 1 MPHSFANLPLRF 12 Neuropeptide FMRFamide related RFRP-1 peptide 68 Q9HCQ7 1 SAGATANLPLRS 12 Neuropeptide FMRFamide related RFRP-2 peptide (Potential) 69 O15130 1 SQAFLFQPQRF 11 Neuropeptide SF FMRFamide related peptide 70 P81277 1 TPDINPAWYASRGIRPVGRF 20 Prolactin- FMRFamide related releasing peptide peptide PrRP20 71 P81277 1 SRTHRHSMEIRTPDINPAWYASRGIRPVGRF 31 Prolactin- FMRFamide related releasing peptide peptide PrRP31 72 P22466 1 GW T LNSAGYLLGPHAVGNHRSF S DKNGLTS 30 Galanin Galanin T3, S23 2 73 P22466 1 ELRPEDDMKPGSFDRSIPENNIMRTIIEFLSFLHLKEA 59 Galanin Galanin A49 1 GALDRLLDLP A AASSEDIERS message- associated peptide 74 Q9UBC7 1 APAHRGRGGWTLNSAGYLLGPVLHLPQMGDQDGK 60 Galanin-like Galanin RETALEILDLWKAIDGLPYSHPPQPS peptide 75 P01350 1 QLGPQGPPHLVADPSKKQGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF 34 Big gastrin Gastrin/ cholecystokinin 76 P06307 1 QPVPPADP A GSGLQRAEEAPRRQLRVSQR T DGESRA 95 Cholecystokinin Gastrin/ A8, T30, N65 3 HLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQ N LDPSHRI cholecystokinin SDRDYMGWMDFGRRSAEEYEYPS 77 P06307 1 ISDRDYMGWMDF 12 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 12 cholecystokinin 78 P06307 1 LDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 18 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 18 (By cholecystokinin similarity) 79 P06307 1 IVKNLQ N LDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 25 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ N7 1 25 (By cholecystokinin similarity) 80 P06307 1 KAPSGRMSIVKNLQ N LDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 33 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ N15 1 33 cholecystokinin 81 P06307 1 YIQQARKAPSGRMSIVKNLQ N LDPSHRISDRDYMG 39 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ N21 1 WMDF 39 cholecystokinin 82 P06307 1 GWMDF 5 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 5 (By similarity) cholecystokinin 83 P06307 1 VSQR T DGESRAHLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIV 58 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ T5, N40 2 KNLQ N LDPSHRISDRDYMGWMDF 58 cholecystokinin 84 P06307 1 VSQR T DGESRAHLGALLARYIQQARKAPSGRMSIV 49 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ T5, N40 2 KNLQ N LDPSHRISD 58 cholecystokinin desnonopeptide (By similarity) 85 P06307 1 YMGWMDF 7 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 7 (By similarity) cholecystokinin 86 P06307 1 DYMGWMDF 8 Cholecystokinin- Gastrin/ 8 cholecystokinin 87 P01350 1 QGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF 17 Gastrin Gastrin/ cholecystokinin 88 P01350 1 WLEEEEEAYGWMDF 14 Gastrin-14 Gastrin/ cholecystokinin 89 P01350 1 DLELPWLEQQGPASHHRRQLGPQGPPHLVADPSKK 52 Gastrin-52 Gastrin/ QGPWLEEEEEAYGWMDF cholecystokinin 90 P01350 1 YGWMDF 6 Gastrin-6 Gastrin/ cholecystokinin 91 P01350 1 SWKPRSQQPDAP LG TGANRDLELPWLEQQGPASHH 71 Gastrin-71 Gastrin/ L12 or G13 (Ambiguous) 1 RRQLGPQGPPHLVADPSKKQGPWLEEEEEAYGWM cholecystokinin DF 92 P09681 1 YAEGTFISDYSIAMDKIHQQDFVNWLLAQKGKKND 42 Gastric inhibitory Glucagon WKHNITQ polypeptide 93 P01275 1 RSLQDTEEKSR S FSASQADPLSDPDQMNEDKRHSQG 69 Glicentin (By Glucagon S12, T39 2 TF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNTKRNRNNIA similarity) 94 P01275 1 RSLQDTEEKSR S FSASQADPLSDPDQMNED 30 Glicentin-related Glucagon S12 1 polypeptide (By similarity) 95 P01275 1 HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNT 29 Glucagon Glucagon T7 1 96 P01275 1 HDEFERHAEG T F TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKG 37 Glucagon-like Glucagon T11 or T13 or S14 1 RG peptide 1 (Ambiguous) 97 P01275 1 HAEG T F TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGR 31 Glucagon-like Glucagon T5 or T7 or S8 (Ambiguous) 1 peptide 1(7-36) 98 P01275 1 HAEG T F TS DVSSYLEGQAAKEFIAWLVKGRG 30 Glucagon-like Glucagon T5 or T7 or S8 (Ambiguous) 1 peptide 1(7-37) 99 P01275 1 HADGSFSDEMNTILDNLAARDFINWLIQTKITD 33 Glucagon-like Glucagon peptide 2 (By similarity) 100 P01282 1 HADGVF TS DFSKLLGQLSAKKYLESLM 27 Intestinal peptide Glucagon T7, S8 2 PHM-27 101 P01282 1 HADGVF TS DFSKLLGQLSAKKYLESLMGKRVSSNIS 42 Intestinal peptide Glucagon T7, S8 2 EDPVPV PHV-42 102 P01275 1 HSQGTF T SDYSKYLDSRRAQDFVQWLMNTKRNRN 37 Oxyntomodulin Glucagon T7 1 NIA (By similarity) 103 P18509 1 DVAHGILNEAYRKVLDQLSAGKHLQSLVARGVGGS 48 PACAP-related Glucagon LGGGAGDDAEPLS peptide 104 P18509 1 HSDGIFTDSYSRYRKQMAVKKYLAAVL 27 Pituitary Glucagon adenylate cyclase- activating polypeptide 27 105 P18509 1 HSDGIFTDSYSRYRKQMAVKKYLAAVLGKRYKQR 38 Pituitary Glucagon VKNK adenylate cyclase- activating polypeptide 38 106 P09683 1 HSDGTF TS EL S RLREGARLQRLLQGLV 27 Secretin Glucagon T7, S8, S11 3 107 P01286 1 YADAIFTNSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSRQQGESN 44 Somatoliberin Glucagon QERGARARL 108 P01282 1 HSDAVF T DNYTRLRKQMAVKKYLNSILN 28 Vasoactive Glucagon T7 1 intestinal peptide 109 P01148 1 DAENLIDSFQEIVKEVGQLAETQRFEC T THQPRSPLR 56 GnRH-associated GnRH T28 1 DLKGALESLIEEETGQKKI peptide 1 110 O43555 1 ALSSAQDPQNALRPPGRALDTAAGSPVQTAHGLPS 84 GnRH-associated GnRH DALAPLDDSMPWEGRTTAQWSLHRKRHLARTLLT peptide 2 AAREPRPAPPSSNKV 111 P01148 1 QHWSYGLRPG 10 Gonadoliberin-1 GnRH 112 O43555 1 QHWSHGWYPG 10 Gonadoliberin-2 GnRH 113 P01148 1 QHWSYGLRPGGKRDAENLIDSFQEIVKEVGQLAET 69 Progonadoliberin- GnRH T41 1 QRFEC T THQPRSPLRDLKGALESLIEEETGQKKI 1 114 O43555 1 QHWSHGWYPGGKRALSSAQDPQNALRPPGRALDT 97 Progonadoliberin- GnRH AAGSPVQTAHGLPSDALAPLDDSMPWEGRTTAQW 2 SLHRKRHLARTLLTAAREPRPAPPSSNKV 115 P01308 1 GIVEQCCTSICSLYQLENYCN 21 Insulin A chain Insulin 116 P01308 1 FVNQHLCGSHLVEALYLVCGERGFFY T PKT 30 Insulin B chain Insulin T27 (Ambiguous) 1 117 P05019 1 GPETLCGAELVDALQFVCGDRGFYFNKPTGYGSSSR 70 Insulin-like Insulin RAPQTGIVDECCFRSCDLRRLEMYCAPLKPAKSA growth factor I 118 P01344 1 AYRPSETLCGGELVDTLQFVCGDRGFYFSRPASRVS 67 Insulin-like Insulin S50, T62 2 RRSRGIVEECCFRSCDLALLETYCATPAKSE growth factor II 119 P01344 1 YRPSETLCGGELVDTLQFVCGDRGFYFSRPASRVSR 66 Insulin-like Insulin S49, T61 2 RSRGIVEECCFR S CDLALLETYCATPAKSE growth factor II Ala-25 Del 120 P01344 1 DV ST PP T VLPDNFPRYPVGKFFQYDTWKQSTQRL 34 Preptin Insulin S3, T4, T7 3 121 P04090 1 QLYSALANKCCHVGCTKRSLARFC 24 Relaxin A chain Insulin 122 P04808 1 PYVALFEKCCLIGCTKRSLAKYC 23 Relaxin A chain Insulin (By similarity) 123 P04090 1 DSWMEEVIKLCGRELVRAQIAICGMSTWS 29 Relaxin B chain Insulin 124 P04808 1 VAAKWKDDVIKLCGRELVRAQIAICGMSTWS 31 Relaxin B chain Insulin (By similarity) 125 Q8WXF3 1 DVLAGLSSSCCKWGCSKSEISSLC 24 Relaxin-3 A Insulin chain (By similarity) 126 Q8WXF3 1 RAAPYGVRLCGREFIRAVIFTCGGSRW 27 Relaxin-3 B Insulin chain (By similarity) 127 Q15726 1 YNWNSFGLRF 10 Kisspeptin-10 KISS1 128 Q15726 1 LPNYNWNSFGLRF 13 Kisspeptin-13 KISS1 129 Q15726 1 DLPNYNWNSFGLRF 14 Kisspeptin-14 KISS1 130 Q15726 1 EPLEKVASVGNSRPTGQQLESLGLLAPGEQSLPCIL 119 Metastasis- KISS1 A69 1 RKPAATARLSRRGTSLSPPPESSGSPQQPGLS A PHSR suppressor KiSS- QIPAPQGAVLVQREKDLPNYNVVNSFGLRFGKREAA 1 PGNHGRSAGRG 131 Q15726 1 GTSLSPPPESSGSPQQPGLS A PHSRQIPAPQGAVLVQ 54 Metastin KISS1 A21 1 REKDLPNYNWNSFGLRF 132 P41159 1 VPIQKVQDDTKTLIKTIVTRINDISHTQSVSSKQKVT 146 Leptin Leptin GLDFIPGLHPILTLSKMDQTLAVYQQILTSMPSRNVI QISNDLENLRDLLHVLAFSKSCHLPWASGLETLDSL GGVLEASGYSTEVVALSRLQGSLQDMLWQLDLSPG C 133 P20382 1 DFDMLRCMLGRVYRPCWQV 19 Melanin- Melanin- concentrating concentrating hormone hormone 134 P20382 1 EIGDEENSAKFPI 13 Neuropeptide- Melanin- glutamic acid- concentrating isoleucine hormone 135 P20382 1 GSVAFPAENGVQN T ES T QE 19 Neuropeptide- Melanin- T14, T16, T17 3 glycine-glutamic concentrating acid (Potential) hormone 136 P20382 1 ILLSASKSIRNLDDDMVFNTFRLGKGFQKEDTAEK S 144 Pro-MCH Melanin- S36, S41, N72, T102, T104, 6 VIAP S LEQYKNDESSFMNEEENKVSKNTGSKHNFL N concentrating T105 HGLPLNLAIKPYLALKGSVAFPAENGVQN T ES T QEK hormone REIGDEENSAKFPIGRRDFDMLRCMLGRVYRPCWQ V 137 Q9UBU3 1 GSSFLSPEHQRVQQRKESKKPPAKLQP 27 Ghrelins-27 Motilin 138 Q9UBU3 1 GSSFLSPEHQRVQQRKESKKPPAKLQPR 28 Ghrelins-28 Motilin 139 P12872 1 FVPIFTYGELQRMQEKERNKGQ 22 Motilin Motilin 140 P12872 1 SLSVWQRSGEEGPVDPAEPIREEENEMIKLTAPLEIG 66 Motilin- Motilin MRMNSRQLEKYPATLEGLLSEMLPQHAAK associated peptide 141 Q9UBU3 1 FNAPFDVGIKLSGVQYQQHSQAL 23 Obestatin Motilin 142 P12872 1 FVPIFTYGELQRMQEKERNKGQKKSLSVWQRSGEE 90 Promotilin Motilin GPVDPAEPIREEENEMIKLTAPLEIGMRMNSRQLEK YPATLEGLLSEMLPQHAAK 143 Q15848 1 ETT T QGPGVLLPLPKGACTGWMAGIPGHPGHNGAP 226 Adiponectin NA T4 1 GRDGRDGTPGEKGEKGDPGLIGPKGDIGETGVPGAE GPRGFPGIQGRKGEPGEGAYVYRSAFSVGLETYVTI PNMPIRETKIFYNQQNHYDGSTGKEHCNIPGLYYFA YHITVYMKDVKVSLFKKDKAMLFTYDQYQENNVD QASGSVLLHLEVGDQVWLQVYGEGERNGLYADND NDSTFTGFLLYHDTN 144 O00253 1 AQMGLAPMEGIRRPDQALLPELPGLGLRAPLKKT T 111 Agouti-related NA T35 1 AEQAEEDLLQEAQALAEVLDLQDREPRSSRRCVRL protein HESCLGQQVPCCDPCATCYCRFFNAFCYCRKLGTA MNPCSRT 145 Q9BZL1 1 MIEVVCNDRLGKKVRVKCNTDDTIGDLKKLIAAQT 73 Ubiquitin-like NA GTRWNKIVLKKWYTIFKDHVSLGDYEIHDGMNLEL protein 5 YYQ 146 P43490 1 MNPAAEAEFNILLATDSYKVTHYKQYPPNTSKVYS 491 Nicotinamide NAPRTase YFECREKKTENSKLRKVKYEETVEYGLQYILNKYL phosphoribosyltr KGKVVTKEKIQEAKDVYKEHFQDDVFNEKGWNYI ansferase LEKYDGHLPIEIKAVPEGFVIPRGNVLFTVENTDPEC YWLTNWIETILVQSWYPITVATNSREQKKILAKYLL ETSGNLDGLEYKLHDFGYRGVSSQETAGIGASAHL VNFKGTDTVAGLALIKKYYGTKDPVPGYSVPAAEH STITAWGKDHEKDAFEHIVTQFSSVPVSVVSDSYDI YNACEKIWGEDLRHLIVSRSTQAPLIIRPDSGNPLDT VLKVLEILGKKFPVTENSKGYKLLPPYLRVIQGDGV DINTLQEIVEGMKQKMVVSIENIAFGSGGGLLQKLTR DLLNCSEKCSYVVTNGLGINVEKDPVADPNKRSKK GRLSLHRTPAGNFVTLEEGKGDLEEYGQDLLHTVF KNGKVTKSYSFDEIRKNAQLNIELEAAHH 147 P01160 1 SLRRSSCFGGRMDRIGAQ S GLGCN S FRY 28 Atrial natriuretic Natriuretic peptide S19, S25 2 factor 148 P16860 1 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKV 28 BNP(1-28) Natriuretic peptide 149 P16860 1 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 29 BNP(1-29) Natriuretic peptide 150 P16860 1 SPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLR 30 BNP(1-30) Natriuretic peptide 151 P16860 1 PKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR 30 BNP(2-31) Natriuretic peptide 152 P16860 1 KMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 27 BNP(3-29) Natriuretic peptide 153 P16860 1 KMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLR 28 BNP(3-30) Natriuretic peptide 154 P16860 1 KMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 30 BNP(3-32) Natriuretic peptide 155 P16860 1 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCK 24 BNP(4-27) Natriuretic peptide 156 P16860 1 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 26 BNP(4-29) Natriuretic peptide 157 P16860 1 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLR 27 BNP(4-30) Natriuretic peptide 158 P16860 1 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR 28 BNP(4-31) Natriuretic peptide 159 P16860 1 MVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 29 BNP(4-32) Natriuretic peptide 160 P16860 1 VQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVL 25 BNP(5-29) Natriuretic peptide 161 P16860 1 VQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR 27 BNP(5-31) Natriuretic peptide 162 P16860 1 VQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 28 BNP(5-32) Natriuretic peptide 163 P16860 1 SPKIVIVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRRH 32 Brain natriuretic Natriuretic peptide peptide 32 164 P01160 1 NPM Y N A V S NADLMDFKNLLDHLEEKMPLED 30 Cardiodilatin- Natriuretic peptide Y4, A6, S8 (Ambiguous) 1 related peptide 165 P23582 1 GLSKGCFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC 22 CNP-22 Natriuretic peptide 166 P23582 1 YKGANKKGLSKGCFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC 29 CNP-29 Natriuretic peptide 167 P23582 1 DLRVDTKSRAAWARLLQEHPNARKYKGANKKGLS 53 CNP-53 Natriuretic peptide KGCFGLKLDRIGSMSGLGC 168 P16860 1 HPLGSPGSASDLETSGLQEQRNHLQGKLSELQVEQT 108 Natriuretic Natriuretic peptide T48, E59 2 SLEPLQESPRP T GVWKSREVAT E GIRGHRKMVLYTL peptides B RAPRSPKMVQGSGCFGRKMDRISSSSGLGCKVLRR H 169 P58417 1 ANLTNGGKSELLKSGSSKSTLKHIWTESSKDLSISRL 250 Neurexophilin-1 Neurexophilin LSQTFRGKENDTDLDLRYDTPEPYSEQDLWDWLRN STDLQEPRPRAKRRPIVKTGKFKMFGWGDFHSNIK TVKLNLLITGKIVDHGNGTFSVYFRHNSTGQGNVSV SLVPPTKIVEFDLAQQTVIDAKDSKSFNCRIEYEKVD KATKNTLCNYDPSKTCYQEQTQSHVSWLCSKPFKV ICIYISFYSTDYKLVQKVCPDYNYHSDTPYFPSG 170 O95156 1 KEVVHA T EGLDWEDKDAPGTLVGNVVHSRIISPLR 242 Neurexophilin-2 Neurexophilin T7 1 LFVKQSPVPKPGPMAYADSMENFWDWLANITEIQE PLARTKRRPIVKTGKFKKMFGWGDFHSNIKTVKLN LLITGKIVDHGNGTFSVYFRHNSTGLGNVSVSLVPPS KVVEFEVSPQSTLETKESKSFNCRIEYEKTDRAKKT ALCNFDPSKICYQEQTQSHVSWLCSKPFKVICIYIAF YSVDYKLVQKVCPDYNYHSETPYLSSG 171 O95157 1 QDDGPPGSEDPERDDHEGQPRPRVPRKRGHISPKSR 230 Neurexophilin-3 Neurexophilin PMANSTLLGLLAPPGEAWGILGQPPNRPNHSPPPSA KVKKIFGWGDFYSNIKTVALNLLVTGKIVDHGNGT FSVHFQHNATGQGNISISLVPPSKAVEFHQEQQIFIEA KASKIFNCRMEWEKVERGRRTSLCTHDPAKICSRDH AQSSATWSCSQPFKVVCVYIAFYSTDYRLVQKVCP DYNYHSDTPYYPSG 172 O95158 1 QIPESGRPQYLGLRPAAAGAGAPGQQLPEPRSSDGL 285 Neurexophilin-4 Neurexophilin GVGRAWSWAWPTNHTGALARAGAAGALPAQRTK RKPSIKAARAKKIFGWGDFYFRVHTLKFSLLVTGKI VDHVNGTFSVYFRHNSSSLGNLSVSIVPPSKRVEFG GVWLPGPVPHPLQSTLALEGVLPGLGPPLGMAAAA AGPGLGGSLGGALAGPLGGALGVPGAKESRAFNCH VEYEKTNRARKHRPCLYDPSQVCFTEHTQSQAAWL CAKPFKVICIFVSFLSFDYKLVQKVCPDYNFQSEHPY FG 173 Q5H8A3 1 ILQRGSGTAAVDFTKKDHTATWGRPFFLFRPRN 33 Neuromedin-S Neuromedins 174 P48645 1 FRVDEEFQSPFASQSRGYFLFRPRN 25 Neuromedin-U- Neuromedins 25 175 Q8NG41 1 WYKPAAGHSSYSVGRAAGLLSGLR 24 Neuropeptide B- Neuromedins 23 176 Q8NG41 1 WYKPAAGHSSYSVGRAAGLLSGLRRSPYA 29 Neuropeptide B- Neuromedins 29 177 POC0P6 1 SFRNGVGTGMKKTSFQRAKS 20 Neuropeptide S Neuromedins 178 Q8N729 1 WYKHVASPRYHTVGRAAGLLMGL 23 Neuropeptide W- Neuromedins 23 179 Q8N729 1 WYKHVASPRYHTVGRAAGLLMGLRRSPYLW 30 Neuropeptide W- Neuromedins 30 180 P30990 1 SDSEEEMKALEADFLTNMHTSKISKAHVPSWKMTL 125 Large Neurotensin LNVCSLVNNLNSPAEETGEVHEEELVARRKLPTALD neuromedin N GFSLEAMLTIYQLHKICHSRAFQHWELIQEDILDTGN DKNGKEEVIKRKIPYIL 181 P30990 1 IPYIL 5 Neuromedin N Neurotensin 182 P30990 1 QLYENKPRRPYIL 13 Neurotensin Neurotensin 183 P30990 1 DSYYY 5 Tail peptide Neurotensin (Potential) 184 P01303 1 SS PETLISDLLMRES T ENVPR T RLEDP A MW 30 C-flanking NPY S1, S2, T16, T21, A28 3 peptide of NPY 185 P01303 1 YP S KPDNPGEDAPAEDMARYYSALRH Y INLI T RQRY 36 Neuropeptide Y NPY S3, T32 2 186 P01298 1 APLEPVYPGDNATPEQMAQYAADLRRYINML T RPR 36 Pancreatic NPY T32 1 Y hormone 187 P01298 1 HKEDTLAFSEWGSPHAAVPR 20 Pancreatic NPY icosapeptide 188 P10082 1 YPIKPEAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY 36 Peptide YY NPY T32 1 189 P10082 1 IKPEAPREDASPEELNRYYASLRHYLNLV T RQRY 34 Peptide YY (3- NPY T30 1 36) 190 P80303 1 VPIDIDK T KVQN I HPVE S AKIEPPD T GL YY DEYLKQV 82 Nesfatin-1 Nucleobindin T8, I13, S18, T26, Y29, Y30, 8 IDVLE T DKHFREKLQKADIEEIKSGRLSKELDLV S HH T43, S72 VRTKLDEL 191 Q02818 1 VPLERGA P NKEE T PA T ESPD T GL Y YHRYLQEVIDVL 435 Nucleobindin-1 Nucleobindin P8, T13, T16, S18, T21, Y24, 22 ETDGHFREKLQAANAEDIKSGKLSRELDFV S HHVRT S67, T122, T136, S198, S294, KLDELKRQEVSRLRMLLKAKMDAEQDPNVQVDHL S295, T309, H313, S343, T346, NLLKQFEHLDPQNQH T FEARDLELLIQTA T RDLAQY S352, Q381, A388, T400, L426, DAAHHEEFKRYEMLKEHERRRYLESLGEEQRKEAE x433(deleterious mutation) RKLEEQQRRHREHPKVNVPG S QAQLKEVWEELDGL DPNRFNPKTFFILHDINSDGVLDEQELEALFTKELEK VYDPKNEEDDMREMEEERLRMREHVMKNVDTNQ DRLVTLEEFLA ST QRKEFGDTGEGWE T VEM H PAYT EEELRRFEEELAAREAELNAKAQRL S QE T EALGR S Q GRLEAQKRELQQAVLHMEQRKQQQQQQ Q GHKAP A A HPEGQLKFHPD T DDVPVPAPAGDQKEVDTSEKK LLER L PEVEVPQHL 192 P80303 1 VPIDIDK T KVQN I HPVE S AKIEPPD T GL YY DEYLKQV 396 Nucleobindin-2 Nucleobindin T8, I13, S18, T26, Y29, Y30, 16 IDVLE T DKHFREKLQKADIEEIKSGRLSKELDLV S HH T43, S72, S128, T139, T148, VRTKLDELKRQEVGRLRMLIKAKLDSLQDIGMDHQ A331, Y365, P382, S384, L390 ALLKQFDHLNHLNPDKEE S TDLDMLIKAA T SDLEH YDK T RHEEFKKYEMMKEHERREYLKTLNEEKRKE EESKILEMKKKHENHPKVNHPGSKDQLKEVWEET DGLDPNDFDPKTFFKLHDVNSDGFLDEQELEALFTK ELEKVYDPKNEEDDMVEMEEERLRMREHVMSEVD TNKDRLVTLEEFLKATEKKEFLEPDSWETLDQQQFF TEEELKEYENH A LQENELKKKADELQKQKEELQRQ HDQLEAQKLE Y HQVIQQMEQKKLQQGI P P S GPAGE L KFEPHI 193 P01213 1 YGGFLRKYPK 10 Alpha- Opioid neoendorphin 194 P01213 1 YGGFLRKYP 9 Beta- Opioid neoendorphin 195 P01213 1 YGGFLRRIRPKLKWDNQKRYGGFLRRQFKVVT 32 Big dynorphin Opioid 196 P01213 1 YGGFLRRIRPKLK 13 Dynorphin A(1- Opioid 13) (By similarity) 197 P01213 1 YGGFLRRIRPKLKWDNQ 17 Dynorphin A(1- Opioid 17) 198 P01213 1 YGGFLRRI 8 Dynorphin A(1- Opioid 8) (By similarity) 199 P01213 1 YGGFL 5 Leu-enkephalin Opioid 200 P01213 1 YGGFLRRQFKVVTRSQEDPNAYSGELFDA 29 Leumorphin Opioid 201 P01210 1 YGGFM 5 Met-enkephalin Opioid 202 P01210 1 YGGFMRGL 8 Met-enkephalin- Opioid Arg-Gly-Leu 203 P01210 1 YGGFMRF 7 Met-enkephalin- Opioid Arg-Phe 204 Q13519 1 MPRVRSLFQEQEE P EPGMEEAGEMEQKQLQ 30 Neuropeptide 1 Opioid P14 1 (Probable) 205 Q13519 1 FSEFMRQYLVLSMQSSQ 17 Neuropeptide 2 Opioid (Probable) 206 Q13519 1 FGGFTGARKSARKLANQ 17 Nociceptin Opioid 207 P01210 1 DAEEDDSLANSSDLLKELLETGDNRERSHHQDGSD 41 PENK(143-183) Opioid NEEEVS (By similarity) 208 P01210 1 FAEALPSDEEGESYSKEVPEME 22 PENK(237-258) Opioid (By similarity) 209 P01213 1 YGGFLRRQFKVVT 13 Rimorphin Opioid 210 P01210 1 MDELYPMEPEEEANGSEILA 20 rimorphin Opioid 211 P01210 1 ECSQDCATCSYRLVRPADINFLACVMECEGKLPSLK 73 Synenkephalin Opioid IWETCKELLQLSKPELPQDGTSTLRENSKPEESHLLA 212 O43612 1 QPLPDCCRQKTCSCRLYELLHGAGNHAAGILTL 33 Orexin-A Orexin 213 O43612 1 RSGPPGLQGRLQRLLQASGNHAAGILTM 28 Orexin-B Orexin 214 P12272 1 TRSAWLDSGVTGSGLEGDHLSDTSTTSLELDSR 33 Osteostatin Parathyroid hormone 215 P12272 1 AVSEHQLLHDKGKSIQDLRRREFLHHLIAEIHTAEIR 141 Parathyroid Parathyroid hormone T39 1 A T SEVSPNSKPSPNTKNHPVREGSDDEGRYLTQETN hormone-related KVETYKEQPLKTPGKKKKGKPGKRKEQEKKKRRTR protein SAWLDSGVTGSGLEGDHLSDTSTTSLELDSRRH 216 P12272 1 AVSEHQLLHDKGKSIQDLRRREFLHHLIAEIHTAEI 36 PTHrP[1-36] Parathyroid hormone 217 P12272 1 A T SEVSPNSKPSPNTKNHPVRFGSDDEGRYLTQETN 57 PTHrP[38-94] Parathyroid hormone T2 1 KVETYKEQPLKTPGKKKKGKP 218 Q96A98 1 SLALADDAAFRERARLLAALERRHWLNSYMHKLL 39 Tuberoinfundibular Parathyroid hormone VLDAP peptide of 39residues 219 P01189 1 YGGFMTSEK S Q T PLV T LEKNAIIKNAYKKGE 31 Beta-endorphin POMC S10, T12, T16 3 220 P01189 1 SYSMEHFRWGKPVGKKRRPVKVYPNGAEDESAEA 39 Corticotropin POMC FPLEF 221 P01189 1 PVKVYPNGAEDESAEAFPLEF 21 Corticotropin- POMC like intermediary peptide 222 P01189 1 ELTGQRLREGDGPDGPADDGAGAQADLEHSLLVAA 89 Lipotropin beta POMC S68, T70, T74 3 EKKDEGPYRMEHFRWGSPPKDKRYGGFMTSEK S Q T PLV T LFKNAIIKNAYKKGE 223 P01189 1 ELTGQRLREGDGPDGPADDGAGAQADLEHSLLVAA 56 Lipotropin POMC EKKDEGPYRMEHFRWGSPPKD gamma 224 P01189 1 SYSMEHFRWGKPV 13 Melanotropin POMC alpha 225 P01189 1 DEGPYRMEHFRWGSPPKD 18 Melanotropin POMC beta 226 P01189 1 YVMGHFRWDRF 11 Melanotropin POMC gamma 227 P01189 1 WCLESSQCQDLTTESNLLECIRACKPDLSAETPMFP 76 NPP POMC T45 1 GNGDEQPL T ENPRKYVMGHFRWDRFGRRNSSSSGS SGAGQ 228 P01189 1 EDVSAGEDCGPLPEGGPEPRSDGAKPGPRE 30 Potential peptide POMC 229 Q9UHG2 1 LET PA PQVPARRLLPP 16 Big LEN (By ProSAAS T3, P4, A5 2 similarity) 230 Q9UHG2 1 AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRVKRLET PA PQVPAR 40 Big PEN-LEN ProSAAS T27, P28, A29 2 RLLPP (By similarity) 231 Q9UHG2 1 ARPVKEPR G LSAA S PPLAE T GA PRRF 26 Big SAAS (By ProSAAS G9, S14, T20, G21, A22 5 similarity) 232 Q9UHG2 1 ARPVKEP 7 KEP (By ProSAAS similarity) 233 Q9UHG2 1 LET PA PQVPA 10 Little LEN (By ProSAAS T3, P4, A5 2 similarity) 234 Q9UHG2 1 G LSAA S PPLAE T GA PRRF 18 Little SAAS (By ProSAAS G1, S6, T12, G13, A14 5 similarity) 235 Q9UHG2 1 AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRV 22 PEN (By ProSAAS similarity) 236 Q9UHG2 1 ARPVKEPR G LSAA S PPLAE T GA PRRFRRSVPRGEAA 227 ProSAAS ProSAAS G9, S14, T20, G21, A22, A82, 13 GAVQELARALAHLLEAERQERARAEAQEAEDQQA N85, S86, A143, S173, A174, RVLAQLLRVWG A PR N S DPALGLDDDPDAPAAQLAR T214, P215, A216 ALLRARLDPAALAAQLVPAPVPAAALRPRPPVYDD GP A GPDAEEAGDETPDVDPELLRYLLGRILAG S A DS EGVAAPRRLRRAADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRVKR LET PA PQVPARRLLPP 237 Q9HD89 1 KTLCSMEEAINERIQEVAGSLIFRAISSIGLECQSVTS 90 Resistin Resistin/FIZZ RGDLATCPRGFAVTGCTCGSACGSWDVRAETTCHC QCAGMDWTGARCCRVQP 238 Q9BQ08 1 QCSLDSVMDKKIKDVLNSLEYSPSPISKKLSCASVKS 88 Resistin-like beta Resistin/FIZZ QGRPSSCPAGMAVTGCACGYGCGSWDVQLETTCH CQCSVVDWTTARCCHLT 239 P83859 1 QDEGSEATGFLPAAGEKTSGPLGNLAEELNGYSRK 43 QRF-amide RFamide neuropeptide KGGFSFRF 240 P06850 1 SEEPPISLDLTFHLLREVLEMARAEQLAQQAHSNRK 41 Corticoliberin Sauvagine/ LMEII corticotropin- releasing factor/urotensin I 241 P55089 1 DNPSLSIDLTFHLLRTLLELARTQSQRERAEQNRIIFD 40 Urocortin Sauvagine/ SV corticotropin- releasing factor/urotensin I 242 Q96RP3 1 IVLSLDVPIGLLQILLEQARARAAREQATTNARILAR 41 Urocortin-2 Sauvagine/ VGHC corticotropin- releasing factor/urotensin I 243 Q969E3 1 FTLSLDVPTNIMNLLFNIAKAKNLRAQAAANAHLM 38 Urocortin-3 Sauvagine/ AQI corticotropin- releasing factor/urotensin I 244 P01019 1 DRVY 4 Angiotensin 1-4 Serpin 245 P01019 1 DRVYI 5 Angiotensin 1-5 Serpin 246 P01019 1 DRVYIHP 7 Angiotensin 1-7 Serpin 247 P01019 1 DRVYIHPFH 9 Angiotensin 1-9 Serpin 248 P01019 1 DRVYIHPFHL 10 Angiotensin-1 Serpin 249 P01019 1 DRVYIHPF 8 Angiotensin-2 Serpin 250 P01019 1 RVYIHPF 7 Angiotensin-3 Serpin 251 P01019 1 VYIHPF 6 Angiotensin-4 Serpin 252 P01019 1 DRVYIHPFHLVIHNESTCEQLAKANAGKPKDPTFIPA 452 Angiotensinogen Serpin T407 or S409 or T410 or T422 1 PIQAKTSPVDEKALQDQLVLVAAKLDFEDKLRAAM (Ambiguous) VGMLANFLGFRIYGMHSELWGVVHGATVLSPTAVF GTLASLYLGALDHTADRLQAILGVPWKDKNCTSRL DAHKVLSALQAVQGLLVAQGRADSQAQLLLSTVV GVFTAPGLHLKQPFVQGLALYTPVVLPRSLDFTELD VAAEKIDRFMQAVTGWKTGCSLMGASVDSTLAFN TYVHFQGKMKGFSLLAEPQEFWVDNSTSVSVPMLS GMGTFQHWSDIQDNFSVTQVPFTESACLLLIQPHYA SDLDKVEGLTFQQNSLNWMKKLSPRTIHLTMPQLV LQGSYDLQDLLAQAELPAILHFELNLQKLSNDRIRV GEVLNSIFFELEADEREP T E ST QQLNKPEVLEV T LNR PFLFAVYDQSATALHFLGRVANPLSTA 253 P08185 1 MDPNAAYVNMSNHHRGLASANVDFAFSLYKHLVA 383 Corticosteroid- Serpin LSPKKNIFISPVSISMALAMLSLGTCGHTRAQLLQGL binding globulin GFNLTERSETEIHQGFQHLHQLFAKSDTSLEMTMGN ALFLDGSLELLESFSADIKHYYESEVLAMNFQDWAT ASRQINSYVKNKTQGKIVDLFSGLDSPAILVLVNYIF FKGTWTQPFDLASTREENFYVDETTVVKVPMMLQS STISYLHDSELPCQLVQMNYVGNGTVFFILPDKGKM NTVIAALSRDTINRWSAGLTSSQVDLYIPKVTISGVY DLGDVLEEMGIADLFTNQANFSRITQDAQLKSSKVV HKAVLQLNEEGVDTAGSTGVTLNLTSKPIILRFNQPF IIMIFDHFTWSSLFLARVMNPV 254 Q86U17 1 QPLLAHGDKSLQGPQPPRHQLSEPAPAYHRITPTITN 403 Serpin A11 Serpin FALRLYKELAADAPGNIFFSPVSISTTLALLSLGAQA NTSALILEGLGFNLTETPEADIHQGFRSLLHTLALPSP KLELKVGNSLFLDKRLKPRQHYLDSIKELYGAFAFS ANFTDSVTTGRQINDYLRRQTYGQVVDCLPEFSQDT FMVLANYIFFKAKWKHPFSRYQTQKQESFFVDERTS LQVPMMHQKEMHRFLYDQDLACTVLQIEYRGNAL ALLVLPDPGKMKQVEAALQPQTLRKWGQLLLPSLL DLHLPRFSISGTYNLEDILPQIGLTNILNLEADFSGVT GQLNKTISKVSHKAMVDMSEKGTEAGAASGLLSQP PSLNTMSDPHAHFNRPFLLLLWEVTTQSLLFLGKVV NPVAG 255 Q8IW75 1 LKPSFSPRNYKALSEVQGWKQRMAAKELARQNMD 394 Serpin A12 Serpin LGFKLLKKLAFYNPGRNIFLSPLSISTAFSMLCLGAQ DSTLDEIKQGFNFRKMPEKDLHEGFHYIIHELTQKT QDLKLSIGNTLFIDQRLQPQRKFLEDAKNFYSAETIL TNFQNLEMAQKQINDFISQKTHGKINNLIENIDPGTV MLLANYIFFRARWKHEFDPNVTKEEDFFLEKNSSVK VPMMFRSGIYQVGYDDKLSCTILEIPYQKNITAIFILP DEGKLKHLEKGLQVDTFSRWKTLLSRRVVDVSVPR LHMTGTFDLKKTLSYIGVSKIFEEHGDLTKIAPHRSL KVGEAVHKAELKMDERGTEGAAGTGAQTLPMETP LVVKIDKPYLLLIYSEKIPSVLFLGKIVNPIGK 256 O75830 1 SRCSAQKNTEFAVDLYQEVSLSHKDNIIFSPLGITLV 387 Serpin 12 Serpin LEMVQLGAKGKAQQQIRQTLKQQETSAGEEFFVLK SFFSAISEKKQEFTFNLANALYLQEGFTVKEQYLHG NKEFFQSAIKLVDFQDAKACAEMISTWVERKTDGKI KDMFSGEEFGPLTRLVLVNAIYFKGDWKQKFRKED TQLINFTKKNGSTVKIPMMKALLRTKYGYFSESSLN YQVLELSYKGDEFSLIIILPAEGMDIEEVEKLITAQQI LKWLSEMQEEEVEISLPREKVEQKVDEKDVLYSLNI TEIFSGGCDLSGITDSSEVYVSQVTQKVFFEINEDGS EAATSTGIHIPVIMSLAQSQFIANHPFLFIMKHNPTES ILFMGRVTNPDTQEIKGRDLDSL 257 O00230 1 DRMPCRNFFWKTFSSCK 17 Cortistatin-17 Somastostatin 258 O00230 1 QEGAPPQQSARRDRMPCRNFFWKITSSCK 29 Cortistatin-29 Somastostatin (Potential) 259 P61278 1 AGCKNFFWKTFTSC 14 Somatostatin-14 Somastostatin 260 P61278 1 S AN S NPAMAPRERKAGCKNFFWKTFTSC 28 Somatostatin-28 Somastostatin S1 or S4 (Ambiguous) 1 261 P01236 1 LPICPGGAARCQVTLRDLFDRAVVLSHYIHNLSSEM 199 Prolactin Somatotropin/ FSEFDKRYTHGRGFITKAINSCHTSSLATPEDKEQAQ prolactin QMNQKDFLSLIVSILRSWNEPLYHLVTEVRGMQEAP EAILSKAVEIEEQTKRLLEGMELIVSQVHPETKENEI YPVWSGLPSLQMADEESRLSAYYNLLHCLRRDSHK IDNYLKLLKCRIIHNNNC 262 P20366 1 A LN S VAYERSAMQNYE 15 C-terminal- Tachykinin A1, S4 2 flanking peptide 263 P20366 1 HKTDSFVGLM 10 Neurokinin A Tachykinin 264 Q9UHF0 1 DMHDFFVGLM 10 Neurokinin-B Tachykinin 265 P20366 1 DADSSIEKQVALLKALYGHGQISHKRHKTDSFVGL 36 Neuropeptide K Tachykinin M 266 P20366 1 RPKPQQFFGLM 11 Substance P Tachykinin 267 P20396 1 QPEAAQQEAVTAAEHPGLDDFLRQVERLLFLRENIQ 218 Pro-thyrotropin- TRH I50 1 RLQGDQGEHSASQ I FQSDWLSKRQHPGKREEEEEEG releasing VEEEEEEEGGAVGPHKRQHPGRREDEASWSVDVTQ hormone HKRQHPGRRSPWLAYAVPKRQHPGRRLADPKAQR SWEEEEEEEEREEDLMPEKRQHPGKRALGGPCGPQ GAYGQAGLLLGLLDDLSRSQGAEEKRQHPGRRAA WVREPLEE 268 P20396 1 QHP 3 Thyrotropin- TRH releasing hormone 269 O95399 1 ETPDCFWKYCV 11 Urotensin-2 Urotensin-2 270 Q76510 1 ACFWKYCV 8 Urotensin-2B Urotensin-2 271 P01185 1 CYFQNCPRG 9 Arg-vasopressin Vasopressin/oxytocin 272 P01185 1 ASDRSNATQLDGPAGALLLRLVQLAG A PEPFLPAQP 39 Copeptin Vasopressin/oxytocin A27 1 DAY 273 P01178 1 AAPDLDVRKCLPCGPGGKGRCFGPNICCAEELGCFV 94 Neurophysin 1 Vasopressin/oxytocin GTAEALRCQEENYLPSPCQSGQKACGSGGRCAVLG LCCSPDGCHADPACDAEATFSQR 274 P01185 1 AMSDLELRQCLPCGPGGKGRCFGPSICCADELGCFV 93 Neurophysin 2 Vasopressin/oxytocin GTAEALRCQEENYLPSPCQSGQKACGSGGRCAAFG VCCNDESCVTEPECREGFFIRRA 275 P01178 1 CYIQNCPLG 9 Oxytocin Vasopressin/oxytocin 276 O15240 1 TLQPPSALRRRHYHHALPPSRHYP 24 Antimicrobial VGF peptide VGF[554-577] 277 O15240 1 RPESALLGGSEAGERLLQQGLAQVEA 26 Neuroendocrine VGF regulatory peptide-1 278 O15240 1 QAEATRQAAAQEERLADLASDLLLQYLLQGGARQR 38 Neuroendocrine VGF GLG regulatory peptide-2 279 O15240 1 AP P GRPEAQPPPL S SEHKEPVAGDAVPGPKDGSAPE 591 Neurosecretory VGF P1, S12, P202, S205, 5 VRGARNSEPQDEGELFQGVDPRALAAVLLQALDRP protein VGF T477 ASPPAPSGSQQGPEEEAAEALLTETVRSQTHSLPAPE SPEPAAPPRPQTPENGPEASDPSEELEALASLLQELR DFSPSSAKRQQETAAAETETRTHTLTRVNLESPGPE RVWRASWGEFQARVPERAPLPP P APSQFQARMPDS GPLPETHKFGEGVSSPKTHLGEALAPLSKAYQGVAA PFPKARRPESALLGGSEAGERLLQQGLAQVEAGRR QAEATRQAAAQEERLADLASDLLLQYLLQGGARQR GLGGRGLQEAAEERESAREEEEAEQERRGGEERVG EEDEEAAEAEAEAEEAERARQNALLFAEEEDGEAG AEDKRSQEETPGHRRKEAEGTEEGGEEEDDEEMDP QTIDSLIELSTKLHLPADDVVSIIEEVEEKRKRKKNA PPEPVPPPRAAPAP T HVRSPQPPPPAPAPARDELPDW NEVLPPWDREEDEVYPPGPYHPFPNYIRPRTLQPPSA LRRRHYHHALPPSRHYPGREAQARRAQEEAEAEER RLQEQEELENYIEHVLLRRP

EMBODIMENTS

1. An isolated peptide hormone, such as recombinant, such as a neuropeptide comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region.

2. The peptide hormone according to embodiment 1, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a glycan structure selected from a core1, core2, core3, or core4 structure with sialic acid capping, such as a structure as illustrated in FIG. 1.

3. The peptide hormone according to embodiments 1 or 2, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a Tn (GalNAc) structure.

4. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-3, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include Tn (GalNAc) structure with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

5. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-4, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

6. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-5, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha 2-3)

7. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-6, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with two sialic acids capping (alpha 2-3 and alpha 2-6).

8. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-7, which peptide hormone has improved, such as increased stability and/or circulatory half-life and/or other pharmacokinetic properties, such as improved stability in in vitro assays, plasma and/or bodyfluids.

9. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-8, which peptide hormone has lower bioactivity in receptor signalling, such as decreased receptor stimulation in in vitro cell assays and/or in man.

10. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-9, which peptide hormone exhibits improved receptor stimulation in in vitro cell assays and/or in man.

11. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-10, which peptide hormone exhibits altered blood-brain barrier uptake in animals or in man, such as increased blood-brain barrier uptake in animals or in man, or decreased blood-brain barrier uptake in animals or in human.

12. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-11, which peptide hormone exhibits receptor sub-type selectivity switch.

13. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-12, which peptide hormone is specific to one or more tissue in human, such as specific to tissue of the nervous system.

14. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-13, which peptide hormone is selected from any one of tables 4, 5, or 6, such as selected from the list consisting of a peptide of the Neuropeptide Y family, such as NPY, PPY and PYY; a peptide of the Glucagon/Secretin family, such as GIP, Glucagon, GLP-1, GLP-2, PACAP, Secretin, PHM-27/PHV-42, Somatoliberin, and VIP; a peptide of the Natriuretic peptide family, such as ANP, BNP and CNP, a peptide of the calcitonin family, such as calcitonin, and amylin.

15. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-14, which peptide hormone is not found in nature.

16. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-15, which peptide hormone is a truncated version or a variant as compared to the corresponding wild-type peptide hormone found in nature.

17. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-16, which peptide hormone is selected from any one of table 6 comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a site as indicated in table 6, such as at a bold underlined position and/or an italic underlined position.

18. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-17, which peptide hormone is selected from any one of table 6 comprising at least, not more than, or the exact number of O-linked glycan sites as indicated in table 6.

19. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments 1-16, which peptide hormone is selected from any one of table 5.

20. A host cell comprising two or more glycosyltransferase genes that have been inactivated such that

(a) Homogenous Tn (GalNAc) glycosylation is obtained by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more genes selected from COSMC and C1GALT1; (b) Homogenous T (Gal/GalNAc) glycosylation is obtained by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more genes selected from GCNT1, GCNT3, GCNT4, B3GNT6; and (c) Homogenous ST or STn glycosylation is obtained by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more genes selected from ST6GALNAC1-6, ST3GAL1, GCNT3, GCNT4, B3GNT6.

21. The host cell according to embodiment 20, further comprising a gene encoding an exogenous peptide hormone, such as a peptide hormone as defined in any one of embodiments 14-19.

22. A method for producing an isolated peptide hormone comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region, the method comprising;

-   -   a) inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more         glycosyltransferases, and/or knock in of one or more         glycosyltransferases, or any combination hereof in a host cell,         and     -   b) expression of said peptide hormone in said host cell.

23. The method according to embodiment 22, wherein one or more genes selected from COSMC, C1GALT1, GCNT1, GCNT3, GCNT4, B3GNT6, ST6GALNAC1-6, ST3GAL1 has been inactivated and/or downregulated.

24. The method according to embodiments 22 or 23, wherein said peptide hormone produced is as defined in any one of embodiments 1-19.

25. The method according to any one of embodiments 22-24, wherein said host cell is as defined in any of embodiments 20-21.

26. A method for the production of recombinant glycosylated peptide hormones that do not have specific types of glycosylation, the method comprising the step of inactivating two or more glycogenes to block and/or truncate one or more glycosylation pathways.

27. A method for the production of an isolated peptide hormone, such as a neuropeptide comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region, said method comprising

-   -   a) providing a non-O-glycosylated peptide hormone; and     -   b) treating said non-O-glycosylated synthetic peptide hormone         with one or more recombinant purified glycosyl transferase, such         as a GalNAc-transferase, such as GalNAc-T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6,         T7, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, and/or T16, and/or a         Galactosyl-transferases (C1GalT1) and/or a sialyl-transferases,         such as ST6GalNAc1 and/or ST3Gall under conditions to add one or         more specific O-linked glycan to said peptide hormone.

28. The method according to embodiment 27, wherein said non-O-glycosylated peptide hormone is provided as a chemically produced peptide hormone produced using solid phase peptide synthesis Fmoc SPPS.

29. The method according to embodiment 27, wherein said non-O-glycosylated peptide hormone is provided as a recombinantly produced peptide hormone, such as produced in a production cell line.

30. The method according to any one of embodiments 27-29, wherein said peptide hormone produced is as defined in any one of embodiments 1-19.

31. A method for the production of an isolated peptide hormone, such as a neuropeptide comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region, said method comprising the building of said peptide hormone using solid phase peptide synthesis Fmoc SPPS including the use of glycosylated amino acids building blocks at said predetermined specific site(s).

32. The method according to embodiment 31, wherein the peptide hormone produced is as defined in any one of embodiments 1-19.

ADDITIONAL EMBODIMENTS

a. An isolated peptide hormone, such as recombinant, such as a neuropeptide comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site, such as in the receptor-binding region.

b. The peptide hormone according to embodiment a), wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a glycan structure selected from a core1, core2, core3, or core4 structure with sialic acid capping, such as a structure as illustrated in FIG. 1.

c. The peptide hormone according to embodiments a) or b), wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a Tn (GalNAc) structure.

d. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a) to c), wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include Tn (GalNAc) structure with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

e. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-d), wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).

f. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-e), wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha 2-3)

g. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-f), wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with two sialic acids capping (alpha 2-3 and alpha 2-6).

h. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-g), which peptide hormone has improved, such as increased stability and/or circulatory half-life and/or other pharmacokinetic properties, such as improved stability in in vitro assays, plasma and/or bodyfluids.

i. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-h), which peptide hormone has lower bioactivity in receptor signalling, such as decreased receptor stimulation in in vitro cell assays and/or in man.

j. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-i), which peptide hormone exhibits improved receptor stimulation in in vitro cell assays and/or in man.

k. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-j), which peptide hormone exhibits altered blood-brain barrier uptake in animals or in man, such as increased blood-brain barrier uptake in animals or in man, or decreased blood-brain barrier uptake in animals or in human.

l. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-k), which peptide hormone exhibits receptor sub-type selectivity switch.

m. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-l), which peptide hormone is selected from any one of tables 4, 5, or 6, such as selected from the list consisting of a peptide of the Neuropeptide Y family, such as NPY, PPY and PYY; a peptide of the Glucagon/Secretin family, such as GIP, Glucagon, GLP-1, GLP-2, PACAP, Secretin, PHM-27/PHV-42, Somatoliberin, and VIP; a peptide of the Natriuretic peptide family, such as ANP, BNP and CNP, a peptide of the calcitonin family, such as calcitonin, and amylin.

n. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-m), which peptide hormone is not found in nature, such as a truncated version or a variant as compared to the corresponding wild-type peptide hormone found in nature.

o. The peptide hormone according to any one of embodiments a)-n), which peptide hormone is selected from any one of table 6 comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a site as indicated in table 6, such as at a bold underlined position and/or an italic underlined position.

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1. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species exhibiting a specific glycosylation pattern of one or more O-linked glycan(s) at a predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone species, wherein specific, defined glycosylation pattern means that the each molecule of said peptide hormone in said pharmaceutical formulation displays structural homogeneity with respect to the site of glycan attachment and/or with respect to the glycan attachment.
 2. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein said peptide hormone species is selected from the group of sequences comprising SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 8, 81, 83, 84, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 130, 131, 135, 136, 143, 144, 147, 163, 164, 167, 168, 170, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 204, 215, 217, 219, 222, 227, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 252, 260, 262, 267, 272, and/or
 279. 3. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein said peptide hormone species is selected from the group of sequences comprising SEQ ID NOs: 6, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 72, 74, 92, 95, 97, 99, 106, 107, 108, 116, 117, 118, 147, 163, 167, 185, 186, and/or
 188. 4. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein said peptide hormone species is selected from the group of sequences comprising SEQ ID NOs: 72, 95, 97, 106, 108, 147, 185, and/or
 188. 5. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein said peptide hormone species is SEQ ID NO:
 147. 6. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone is within the receptor-binding region.
 7. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein said peptide hormone exhibiting an specific glycosylation pattern of one or more O-linked glycan(s) at a predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone is obtainable by recombinant production using a host cell in which one or more glycosyltransferase gene(s) is/are inactivated or downregulated by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more gene(s) selected from COSMC and C1GALT1; and/or by inactivation and/or downregulation of one or more gene(s) selected from GCNT3, GCNT4, B3GNT6, and/or by inactivation and/or downregulation and/or upregulation/activation of one or more gene(s) selected from ST6GALNAC1-6, ST3GAL1, GCNT3, GCNT4, and/or B3GNT6.
 8. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein said peptide hormone species exhibits a specific glycosylation pattern of one or more O-linked glycan(s) at a predetermined specific site of said peptide hormone and, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a glycan structure selected from a core1, core2, core3, or core4 structure with optional elongation and sialic acid capping, wherein optionally the first monosaccharide attached in the synthesis of O-linked glycans is N-acetyl-galactosamine and wherein a core1 structure may be obtained by the addition of galactose, and wherein a core2 structure may be obtained by the addition of N-acetyl-glucosamine to the N-acetyl-galactosamine of the core1 structure and wherein the core3 structures may be obtained by the addition of a single N-acetyl-glucosamine to the first monosaccharide N-acetyl-galactosamin and core4 structures may be obtained by the addition of a second N-acetyl-glucosamine to the core3 structure.
 9. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a Tn (GalNAc) structure.
 10. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include Tn (GalNAc) structure with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).
 11. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).
 12. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according to claim 1, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha 2-3)
 13. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species according claim 1, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with two sialic acids capping (alpha 2-3 and alpha 2-6).
 14. A formulation according to claim 1, wherein said formulation is a pharmaceutical formulation.
 15. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in claim 1, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site indicated in and one of Tables 6A to 6E, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.
 16. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in claim 15, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site indicated in Table 6A, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.
 17. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in claim 15, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site of a peptide hormone indicated in Table 6B, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.
 18. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in claim 15, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site of a peptide hormone indicated in Table 6C, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.
 19. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in claim 15, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site of a peptide hormone indicated in Table 6C, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.
 20. A formulation comprising at least one molecule of a peptide hormone species as defined in claim 15, wherein said peptide hormone species comprises one or more O-linked glycan at a site of a peptide hormone indicated in Table 6D, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone.
 21. A modified peptide hormone comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site selected from the group comprising the peptide hormones indicated in 6A, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone, and wherein said peptide hormone is selected from the group comprising SEQ ID Nos: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 8, 81, 83, 84, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 130, 131, 135, 136, 143, 144, 147, 163, 164, 167, 168, 170, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 204, 215, 217, 219, 222, 227, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 252, 260, 262, 267, 272, and/or
 279. 22. The modified peptide hormone comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site selected from the group comprising the peptide hormones indicated in 6B, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone, and wherein said peptide hormone is selected from the group comprising SEQ ID Nos: 6, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 72, 74, 92, 95, 97, 99, 106, 107, 108, 116, 117, 118, 147, 163, 167, 185, 186, and/or
 188. 23. The modified peptide hormone comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site selected from the group comprising the peptide hormones indicated in 6C, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone, and wherein said peptide hormone is selected from the group comprising SEQ ID Nos: 72, 95, 97, 106, 108, 147, 185, and/or
 188. 24. The modified peptide hormone comprising one or more O-linked glycan at a predetermined specific site selected from the group comprising the peptide hormones indicated in 6D, particularly, wherein the site is a site in a human peptide hormone, more particularly, wherein the site is a conserved site in a human peptide hormone, and wherein said peptide hormone is depicted in SEQ ID NO:
 147. 25. The modified peptide hormone according to claim 21, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a glycan structure selected from a core1, core2, core3, or core4 structure with sialic acid capping, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a glycan structure selected from a core1, core2, core3, or core4 structure with optional elongation and sialic acid capping, wherein optionally the first monosaccharide attached in the synthesis of O-linked glycans is N-acetyl-galactosamine and wherein a core1 structure may be obtained by the addition of galactose, and wherein a core2 structure may be obtained by the addition of N-acetyl-glucosamine to the N-acetyl-galactosamine of the core1 structure and wherein the core3 structures may be obtained by the addition of a single N-acetyl-glucosamine to the first monosaccharide N-acetyl-galactosamin and core4 structures may be obtained by the addition of a second N-acetyl-glucosamine to the core3 structure.
 26. The modified peptide hormone according to claim 21, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include a Tn (GalNAc) structure.
 27. The modified peptide hormone according to claim 21, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include Tn (GalNAc) structure with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).
 28. The modified peptide hormone according to claim 21, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha2-6).
 29. The modified peptide hormone according to claim 21, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with one sialic acid capping (alpha 2-3)
 30. The modified peptide hormone according to claim 21, wherein the one or more O-glycan structures include the core1 structures with two sialic acids capping (alpha 2-3 and alpha 2-6). 